⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the fourth quarter
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q3 10:00 · DAL 58-61 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 7:48 · DAL 81-89 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 1:07 · DAL 15-29 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q4 11:41 · DAL 71-87 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:18 · DAL 57-61 DEN
📊The numbers
| DAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
