⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 32
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 30
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 11:22 · DEN 13-0 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q2 0:00 · DEN 63-45 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kobe Bryant flagrant foul type 1 (Kenneth Faried draws the foul)
Q3 10:42 · DEN 57-45 LAL
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |