⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 30- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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 6 down to 2 up
Q2 7:16 · DEN 41-39 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 5:54 · DEN 49-42 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q3 4:48 · DEN 97-70 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
J.R. Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:19 · DEN 109-73 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Nash technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:07 · DEN 56-49 PHX
- Technical
Double technical foul - Goran Dragic and Kenyon Martin
Q4 9:19 · DEN 109-73 PHX
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 37 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 30 | Assists | 16 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
