⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 9- A 17-0 run took them from 5 down to 12 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 5 down to 12 up
Q3 1:08 · MEM 85-97 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:58 · MEM 74-74 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
