⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ WSH 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 Wizards won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 28-9 off them
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 54
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 9:22 · DEN 35-27 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andre Miller misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:15 · DEN 101-104 WSH
- Missed FT
Andre Miller misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:23 · DEN 106-108 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 2:47 · DEN 83-78 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q3 0:27 · DEN 87-92 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Trevor Booker traveling
Q4 4:31 · DEN 95-100 WSH
- Missed FT
Jordan Crawford misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:21 · DEN 106-108 WSH
- Missed FT
Bradley Beal misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · DEN 108-109 WSH
📊The numbers
| DEN | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
