⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 24- Ran them off the floor, 13 fast break points to 0
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dan Dickau misses technical free throw
Q1 6:01 · LAC 10-11 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 9:02 · LAC 31-38 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 2:02 · LAC 47-65 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 8:15 · LAC 80-107 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 73 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
