⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen
- A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 10:53 · NY 8-6 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up
Q1 1:15 · NY 26-36 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:00 · NY 91-108 DEN
📊The numbers
| NY | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
