⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 28-12 off them- A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the third quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q3 8:19 · BKN 73-78 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 3:27 · BKN 88-86 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q3 1:04 · BKN 90-104 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
