⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 37
- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 42
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3 in the fourth quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 7:50 · DEN 47-32 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Danilo Gallinari bad pass
Q4 2:49 · DEN 105-99 TOR
- Turnover
Ty Lawson turnover
Q4 2:17 · DEN 105-102 TOR
- Missed FT
Kenneth Faried misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · DEN 112-110 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 1:54 · DEN 89-77 TOR
- Steal
Ed Davis stole it from Danilo Gallinari
Q4 2:49 · DEN 105-99 TOR
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3
Q4 5:52 · DEN 105-102 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
