⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 20 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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their sixteen
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 25-8 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 33 fast break points to 9
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q1 1:23 · DEN 46-23 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 5:50 · DEN 100-70 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q1 3:11 · DEN 28-21 TOR
- Technical
Linas Kleiza technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:21 · DEN 137-104 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 26
Q3 0:34 · DEN 108-82 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasho Nesterovic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:11 · DEN 28-21 TOR
📊The numbers
| DEN | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 34 | Assists | 34 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 33 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
