⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:00 · MEM 103-105 DEN
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:55 · MEM 104-107 DEN
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:55 · MEM 104-107 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nene Hilario misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:24 · MEM 99-102 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
