⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their one- They went cold, one of seventeen from three
- Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their nineteen
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
- Beaten inside, 28 points in the paint to 48
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
Q2 0:03 · DEN 54-48 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 5:11 · DEN 78-57 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 11 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 6% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
