⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 25-9 off them- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:06 · WSH 23-27 DEN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q2 3:34 · WSH 39-48 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q4 6:35 · WSH 74-105 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
