⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 38
- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Nash technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 10:22 · LAL 61-64 DEN
- Technical
Pau Gasol technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 0:31 · LAL 83-85 DEN
- Turnover
Dwight Howard bad pass
Q4 2:00 · LAL 97-101 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q3 3:31 · LAL 85-93 DEN
- Steal
JaVale McGee stole it from Dwight Howard
Q4 2:00 · LAL 97-101 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Danilo Gallinari misses technical free throw
Q3 10:22 · LAL 61-64 DEN
- Technical
Kenneth Faried technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:11 · LAL 67-66 DEN
- Turnover
Andre Iguodala turnover
Q4 3:10 · LAL 95-101 DEN
📊The numbers
| LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 30 | Assists | 33 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 11 | Blocks | 6 |
