⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 42- Made three threes to their ten
- Went cold from three, three of fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- Ties it
LaMarcus Aldridge hit a 13-foot two point shot
Q4 0:33 · POR 106-106 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses technical free throw
Q1 2:17 · POR 19-23 DEN
- Turnover
Damian Lillard bad pass
Q4 1:10 · POR 104-106 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q1 8:36 · POR 12-15 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 8:11 · POR 62-70 DEN
- Winner
Andre Miller hit a layup
Q4 0:24 · POR 106-108 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ty Lawson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:08 · POR 104-106 DEN
- Missed FT
Ty Lawson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:08 · POR 104-106 DEN
- Missed FT
Andre Miller misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:03 · POR 109-111 DEN
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 72 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 16 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
