⏱️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
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 20-10 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 43 fast break points to 21
- A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
- Made four threes to their eleven
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9 in the fourth quarter
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 took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 9:11 · DEN 81-73 GS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q3 0:45 · DEN 107-86 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 5:56 · DEN 49-45 GS
- Technical
Kenyon Martin Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q3 10:11 · DEN 70-70 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q1 4:18 · DEN 28-26 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 0:00 · DEN 68-70 GS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9
Q4 7:37 · DEN 109-100 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Baron Davis Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 7:56 · DEN 78-73 GS
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 38 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 43 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
