⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 1:24 · DEN 79-76 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 1:54 · DEN 105-88 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andre Miller misses technical free throw
Q1 2:00 · DEN 22-22 MIN
- Technical
Ruben Patterson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · DEN 55-54 MIN
- Turnover
Andre Miller lost ball
Q4 3:56 · DEN 93-85 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett bad pass
Q4 4:50 · DEN 90-83 MIN
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett misses technical free throw
Q4 4:24 · DEN 93-83 MIN
- Technical
Justin Reed technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 1:01 · DEN 102-88 MIN
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 11 |
