⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 44 free throws to their eighteen- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 24-13 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q1 6:50 · DEN 25-8 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 5:18 · DEN 102-91 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andre Miller misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:33 · DEN 116-108 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
