⏱️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
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-1 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 6:18 · DEN 45-33 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 9:15 · DEN 99-76 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Nene Hilario double technical foul
Q2 6:47 · DEN 34-31 NO
- Technical
Chris Andersen technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:34 · DEN 81-68 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 1 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 1 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
