⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 20-10 off them
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 took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 8:10 · DEN 20-11 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 9:55 · DEN 45-27 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Nene Hilario technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:59 · DEN 83-69 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 9 |
