⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nine- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Voshon Lenard Offensive Foul
Q4 2:54 · DEN 92-88 PHX
- Turnover
Voshon Lenard Foul
Q4 2:54 · DEN 92-88 PHX
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:16 · DEN 97-92 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jake Voskuhl Offensive Foul
Q4 4:03 · DEN 88-88 PHX
- Turnover
Jake Voskuhl Foul
Q4 4:03 · DEN 88-88 PHX
- Turnover
Casey Jacobsen Bad Pass. Stolen by Carmelo Anthony.
Q4 0:19 · DEN 97-92 PHX
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
