⏱️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
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Gave up second chances, 21 offensive rebounds to their eleven
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 took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 3:57 · DEN 18-13 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 1:55 · DEN 58-45 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 30 | Assists | 17 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
