⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 21-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 4
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 1-point lead to 10
Q1 5:35 · DEN 24-14 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:48 · DEN 6-10 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Maurice Evans technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:39 · DEN 82-66 ATL
📊The numbers
| DEN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
