⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 25- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 24-13 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 38 fast break points to 16
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 stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 11:37 · DEN 106-89 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 7:16 · DEN 45-45 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q4 3:14 · DEN 120-109 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 76 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 33 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 38 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 13 | Blocks | 5 |
