⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 5- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the fourth quarter
- Lost the glass, 12 rebounds to 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 7:48 · MEM 41-37 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rudy Gay lost ball
Q4 2:11 · MEM 97-92 DEN
- Turnover
Juan Carlos Navarro lost ball
Q4 1:43 · MEM 97-95 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 10:03 · MEM 33-37 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q4 9:45 · MEM 83-86 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q4 2:50 · MEM 97-102 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:18 · MEM 18-14 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 74 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 12 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
