⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 25-16 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24 in the second quarter
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 2-point lead to 10
Q1 5:16 · DEN 23-13 MEM
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24
Q2 5:39 · DEN 58-34 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q3 6:35 · DEN 83-58 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 9:42 · DEN 106-91 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph misses technical free throw
Q3 6:54 · DEN 75-56 MEM
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
