⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 36- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 42
- A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 27 turnovers to their seventeen
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 7:05 · DEN 17-10 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 3:25 · DEN 27-14 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q2 11:21 · DEN 39-17 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Rudy Fernandez technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:47 · DEN 33-17 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q2 5:52 · DEN 43-31 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q3 7:58 · DEN 66-50 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Francisco Garcia misses technical free throw
Q2 9:47 · DEN 33-17 SAC
📊The numbers
| DEN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 12 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 31 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 27 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Steals | 16 |
| 11 | Blocks | 7 |
