⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 27
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:36 · DEN 85-98 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 0:25 · DEN 25-29 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q4 3:36 · DEN 85-98 LAL
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
