⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 7:22 · TOR 32-40 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 0:00 · TOR 68-82 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
