⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 21- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 32
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 23-11 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q3 7:05 · DEN 78-51 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Ruben Patterson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:24 · DEN 50-33 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Eddie Jones technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 9:48 · DEN 6-2 MEM
- Missed FT
Chucky Atkins misses technical free throw
Q3 6:39 · DEN 71-51 MEM
- Missed FT
Mike Miller misses technical free throw
Q4 10:26 · DEN 96-71 MEM
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 64% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 75% | Three-point accuracy | 70% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 32 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
