⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third 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 Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 30- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 26
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their fifteen
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 6:26 · DEN 21-7 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 11:37 · DEN 59-46 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 6:22 · DEN 40-35 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Baron Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:35 · DEN 14-7 LAC
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 14 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
