⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their nineteen- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 24
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:14 · DEN 10-0 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 0:51 · DEN 88-70 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 26 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 14 |
| 13 | Blocks | 6 |
