⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 30- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Earl Boykins missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 10:45 · DEN 26-24 MIN
- Technical
Andre Miller Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 4:09 · DEN 65-50 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rashad McCants Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q4 6:24 · DEN 83-71 MIN
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 12 | Blocks | 4 |
