⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marc Gasol offensive foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)
Q4 0:59 · MEM 92-91 DEN
- Turnover
Marc Gasol turnover
Q4 0:59 · MEM 92-91 DEN
- Turnover
Rudy Gay bad pass
Q4 0:32 · MEM 92-93 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q3 0:47 · MEM 70-77 DEN
- Go-ahead
JaVale McGee hit a layup
Q4 0:46 · MEM 92-93 DEN
- Steal
Danilo Gallinari stole it from Rudy Gay
Q4 0:32 · MEM 92-93 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
JaVale McGee misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:49 · MEM 90-88 DEN
- Turnover
Andre Miller bad pass
Q4 2:29 · MEM 90-88 DEN
- Missed FT
Danilo Gallinari misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:19 · MEM 92-90 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
