⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 40
- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 10
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 10:52 · DEN 13-2 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q1 3:12 · DEN 23-21 CHA
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q2 2:02 · DEN 41-52 CHA
- Technical
Andre Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:41 · DEN 83-77 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q1 6:39 · DEN 17-14 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 3:35 · DEN 23-25 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brevin Knight misses technical free throw
Q4 7:41 · DEN 83-77 CHA
📊The numbers
| DEN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
