⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third 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 Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two
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
Q1 8:45 · DEN 16-10 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 1:57 · DEN 90-72 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Chauncey Billups technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:39 · DEN 18-12 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Zach Randolph technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:13 · DEN 86-72 MEM
- Technical
Zach Randolph technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 1:13 · DEN 86-72 MEM
- Technical
O.J. Mayo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:03 · DEN 110-90 MEM
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 2 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Blocks | 9 |
