⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIN 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 Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty
- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38
- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36
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 1-point lead to 9
Q2 4:28 · DEN 51-42 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 3:04 · DEN 60-44 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q3 5:07 · DEN 92-62 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Danilo Gallinari misses technical free throw
Q1 11:00 · DEN 0-3 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 19 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 35 | Assists | 22 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
