⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 21- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 37
- Owned the paint, 76 points inside to 38
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
- Missed FT
Raymond Felton misses technical free throw
Q1 5:01 · DEN 19-20 GS
- Technical
Double technical foul - Nene Hilario and Louis Amundson
Q2 4:24 · DEN 46-44 GS
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Vladimir Radmanovic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:39 · DEN 40-39 GS
- Technical
Dorell Wright technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:09 · DEN 95-88 GS
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 13 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| 76 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
