⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 22- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 22-11 off them
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 46
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
David West misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:48 · IND 109-111 DEN
- Turnover
David West backcourt
Q4 0:10 · IND 109-111 DEN
- Turnover
David West bad pass
Q4 0:02 · IND 109-113 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 4:45 · IND 53-51 DEN
- Steal
Corey Brewer stole it from David West
Q4 0:02 · IND 109-113 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Miller technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 9:10 · IND 43-33 DEN
📊The numbers
| IND | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
