⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 6:39 · DEN 16-18 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 0:36 · DEN 33-24 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Allen Iverson misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 6:16 · DEN 102-86 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q4 4:24 · DEN 112-100 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Corey Maggette flagrant foul type 1 (Allen Iverson draws the foul)
Q4 6:16 · DEN 102-86 LAC
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 31 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
