⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twelve- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 26
- Made eleven threes to their twenty
A 15-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 8 in the third 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 9:48 · DEN 73-60 BKN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 8
Q3 0:00 · DEN 100-92 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Morrow technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:29 · DEN 90-72 BKN
- Technical
Deron Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:01 · DEN 116-105 BKN
- Technical
Deron Williams technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 3:01 · DEN 116-105 BKN
📊The numbers
| DEN | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 20 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 37 | Assists | 31 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
