⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Ran them off the floor, 38 fast break points to 4
- Lost the glass, 10 rebounds to 27
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses technical free throw
Q2 0:27 · OKC 44-61 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 5:48 · OKC 9-21 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q2 4:03 · OKC 40-61 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 34-point lead to 42
Q4 4:05 · OKC 90-132 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:27 · OKC 44-61 DEN
📊The numbers
| OKC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 67% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 15 | Assists | 35 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 38 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
