⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
+1Q129-31
-2Q225-29
+1Q320-23
-3Q425-30
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 13
Key battles
18%Three-point accuracy37%
2Threes made7
13Fast break points25
13Points off turnovers23
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenneth Faried technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 4:26 · CHA 18-21 DEN
📊The numbers
| CHA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 30 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 10 | Blocks | 10 |
