⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 27 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Carmelo Anthony Offensive Foul. His 6th Personal Foul.
Q4 3:47 · DEN 92-85 IND
- Turnover
Carmelo Anthony Turnover
Q4 3:47 · DEN 92-85 IND
- Missed FT
Earl Boykins missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:21 · DEN 93-85 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
