⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 23- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 26-13 off them
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 stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q1 1:02 · DEN 38-16 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 1:40 · DEN 65-42 MEM
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony Double Technical Foul. Brian Cardinal gains possession.
Q4 2:42 · DEN 105-90 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
