⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 25-13 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 1:58 · TOR 88-98 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerryd Bayless technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:48 · TOR 72-83 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 4:16 · TOR 61-67 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Shelden Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:07 · TOR 67-78 DEN
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
Q3 7:48 · TOR 72-83 DEN
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:08 · TOR 116-123 DEN
📊The numbers
| TOR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
