⏱️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
▼ MIL 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 Bucks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 10- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 2:33 · DEN 89-75 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 8:04 · DEN 101-87 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 4:31 · DEN 80-75 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
