⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 6
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 stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 3:38 · DEN 29-12 MEM
- Steal
Chauncey Billups stole it from Mike Conley
Q4 1:16 · DEN 101-96 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:07 · DEN 71-60 MEM
- Missed FT
Nene Hilario misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:25 · DEN 100-96 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 7:50 · DEN 71-65 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 2:34 · DEN 74-77 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses technical free throw
Q1 4:01 · DEN 21-12 MEM
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:42 · DEN 100-95 MEM
- Turnover
Mike Conley bad pass
Q4 1:16 · DEN 101-96 MEM
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
