⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 27
- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 6
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their sixteen
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
- Turnover
Arron Afflalo out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 4:48 · DEN 87-83 BOS
- Turnover
Danilo Gallinari out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 4:22 · DEN 87-83 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q4 7:18 · DEN 87-85 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 26 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
