⏱️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
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 24 from three- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 37
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eight
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 2:11 · DEN 38-34 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andre Miller offensive foul (Anthony Parker draws the foul)
Q4 1:27 · DEN 113-105 TOR
- Turnover
Andre Miller turnover
Q4 1:27 · DEN 113-105 TOR
- Turnover
Carmelo Anthony bad pass
Q4 0:59 · DEN 113-107 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 8:00 · DEN 50-50 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 6:01 · DEN 77-76 TOR
- Steal
T.J. Ford stole it from Carmelo Anthony
Q4 0:59 · DEN 113-107 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
