⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
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 7 down to 1 up
Q1 3:23 · DEN 22-21 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:50 · DEN 80-61 NO
- Turnover
Allen Iverson traveling
Q4 4:30 · DEN 96-88 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 8:52 · DEN 7-11 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
