⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 30- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 3:51 · DEN 24-18 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 11:47 · DEN 95-83 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin double technical foul
Q2 3:35 · DEN 49-42 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
