⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 29 from three
- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 5:58 · NO 13-13 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 3:02 · NO 40-55 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
