⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 36- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 44
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:04 · DEN 17-8 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 10:41 · DEN 108-96 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 6:56 · DEN 120-99 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Linas Kleiza technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:34 · DEN 51-38 IND
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:03 · DEN 60-50 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 38 | Assists | 32 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 40 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
