⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU 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 Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 29 from three- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Patrick Patterson turnover
Q4 4:24 · HOU 94-95 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 8:37 · HOU 38-36 DEN
- Winner
Ty Lawson hit a layup, Andre Miller with the assist
Q4 2:51 · HOU 96-97 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Al Harrington offensive foul (Goran Dragic draws the foul)
Q4 4:33 · HOU 94-95 DEN
- Turnover
Al Harrington turnover
Q4 4:33 · HOU 94-95 DEN
- Missed FT
Arron Afflalo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:03 · HOU 102-105 DEN
📊The numbers
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
