⏱️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
▼ GS 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 Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 34
- A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up in the third quarter
- Went cold from three, five of nineteen
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up
Q3 11:22 · DEN 62-53 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 1:44 · DEN 82-70 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 9:11 · DEN 91-74 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 10:29 · DEN 28-31 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 2:39 · DEN 45-53 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
