⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
-2Q129-31
+2Q228-22
-6Q326-29
+13Q424-9
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 36- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 13
- Made two threes to their nine
Key battles
15%Three-point accuracy43%
10Blocks2
2Threes made9
25Fast break points13
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 7:50 · DEN 94-85 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
