⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 2:10 · DEN 68-65 MEM
- Winner
Rodney White made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Carmelo Anthony.
Q4 1:21 · DEN 82-81 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Francisco Elson Bad Pass. Stolen by Shane Battier.
Q4 4:43 · DEN 80-78 MEM
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 2:44 · DEN 80-79 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- Go-ahead
Pau Gasol made Jumper.
Q4 2:26 · DEN 80-81 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shane Battier missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:08 · DEN 80-78 MEM
- Turnover
Pau Gasol Lost Ball. Stolen by Carmelo Anthony.
Q4 0:00 · DEN 84-83 MEM
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
