⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the second quarter- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 27
- Burned in transition, 13 fast break points to 26
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:59 · DEN 8-2 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 4:43 · DEN 77-75 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q4 8:52 · DEN 82-89 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q2 7:58 · DEN 34-38 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 11:00 · DEN 82-91 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
