⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 19
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 9:57 · OKC 40-31 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ray Allen bad pass
Q4 1:47 · OKC 106-108 DEN
- Turnover
Ray Allen lost ball
Q4 1:15 · OKC 106-111 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 5:24 · OKC 70-77 DEN
- Ties it
Steve Blake hit a 26-foot three jumper, Carmelo Anthony with the assist
Q4 2:36 · OKC 106-106 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q4 2:36 · OKC 106-113 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:00 · OKC 109-113 DEN
- Missed FT
Allen Iverson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · OKC 112-116 DEN
📊The numbers
| OKC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 6 |
