⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 32-16 off them- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 in the first quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q1 2:40 · DEN 38-18 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 8:40 · DEN 98-80 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 6:52 · DEN 107-82 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q3 0:15 · DEN 88-78 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 4:30 · DEN 109-92 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chucky Atkins misses technical free throw
Q4 8:23 · DEN 93-80 MEM
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
