⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 18-7 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 11
- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the fourth quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 2:47 · DEN 22-11 BKN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q4 11:41 · DEN 85-67 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q4 3:29 · DEN 100-85 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
J.R. Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:14 · DEN 69-56 BKN
- Turnover
Kenyon Martin offensive foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)
Q4 2:56 · DEN 92-85 BKN
- Turnover
Kenyon Martin turnover
Q4 2:56 · DEN 92-85 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q3 3:01 · DEN 69-62 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Darrell Armstrong technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:59 · DEN 75-67 BKN
- Technical
Bostjan Nachbar technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:57 · DEN 79-67 BKN
📊The numbers
| DEN | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 79 | Rebounds | 73 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
