⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 23-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Speedy Claxton misses technical free throw
Q1 0:47 · NO 16-32 DEN
- Technical
Marc Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:58 · NO 72-91 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:31 · NO 8-17 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Linas Kleiza technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:42 · NO 17-37 DEN
📊The numbers
| NO | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
