⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q4 8:26 · DEN 113-82 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
J.R. Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:29 · DEN 101-76 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 10 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
