⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-14 off them
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:26 · DEN 45-47 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 11:22 · DEN 68-70 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 6:43 · DEN 82-77 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 1:39 · DEN 60-70 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerry Stackhouse misses technical free throw
Q1 5:11 · DEN 18-19 DAL
- Technical
Josh Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:16 · DEN 83-79 DAL
📊The numbers
| DEN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
