⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 24- Looked after the ball, nineteen turnovers to their 26, and outscored them 37-19 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 3:16 · DEN 64-53 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 42 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 37 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 15 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
