⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
-5Q120-24
-11Q226-35
+2Q324-22
-4Q419-24
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Shot well above their usual, eight of twelve from three
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 4
Key battles
14%Three-point accuracy67%
4Fast break points18
1Threes made8
13Points off turnovers17
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 1:39 · LAC 20-26 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 8 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
