⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 0:28 · GS 24-29 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Troy Murphy Technical Foul. Murphy's 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 0:56 · GS 11-19 DEN
- Missed FT
Mickael Pietrus missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:10 · GS 22-29 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 2:04 · GS 11-26 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andre Miller missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:37 · GS 26-31 DEN
📊The numbers
| GS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 33 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
