⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 6- A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up
Q1 2:17 · WSH 23-35 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q3 10:11 · WSH 50-78 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 30 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
