⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 22-14 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 11
- Could not get to the line, 28 free throws to their 42
- Lost the glass, 16 rebounds to 32
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 7:13 · DEN 38-35 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Linas Kleiza technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:45 · DEN 51-54 GS
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Matt Barnes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:15 · DEN 48-49 GS
- Technical
Baron Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:40 · DEN 67-73 GS
- Turnover
Matt Barnes bad pass
Q4 5:00 · DEN 83-90 GS
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 88 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
