⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 27-12 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 5:35 · DEN 21-16 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 10:37 · DEN 39-27 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 11:45 · DEN 67-52 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q3 2:28 · DEN 85-77 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q3 9:32 · DEN 64-52 HOU
📊The numbers
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
