⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of 25 from three- Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brandon Jennings misses technical free throw
Q1 10:10 · MIL 2-2 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 5:50 · MIL 35-51 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 2:40 · MIL 61-82 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
