⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their 21
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 6
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q2 0:32 · DEN 58-40 NY
- Technical
Linas Kleiza technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:51 · DEN 86-58 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Zach Randolph technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:32 · DEN 58-40 NY
📊The numbers
| DEN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 82 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 32 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
