⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 41 fast break points to 2
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 0:07 · DEN 31-18 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 0:06 · DEN 66-44 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 8:30 · DEN 3-2 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 80 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 41 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 13 | Blocks | 4 |
