⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 26 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 11:41 · DEN 68-56 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 2:16 · DEN 87-64 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:42 · DEN 0-8 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 28 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
