⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 39- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds 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.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Redd missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 2:25 · MIL 45-47 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Miller Technical Foul
Q2 2:25 · MIL 45-47 DEN
📊The numbers
| MIL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
