⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their sixteen- Ran them off the floor, 43 fast break points to 21
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 0:25 · DEN 40-30 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 6:54 · DEN 86-67 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 74 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 43 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
