⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 8 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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 48 free throws to their 24- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 10
- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
- Made four threes to their ten
- They shot well above their usual, ten of twenty from three
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q2 10:07 · DEN 48-30 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 40 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
