⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 29 from three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 32
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 9:32 · DEN 33-24 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Bryon Russell Technical Foul. Russell's 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 2:00 · DEN 70-56 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Caron Butler missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 2:00 · DEN 70-56 LAL
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
