⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 36
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kenneth Faried turnover
Q4 3:11 · DEN 95-88 SAC
- Missed FT
Danilo Gallinari misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:26 · DEN 98-92 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q2 10:36 · DEN 31-27 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 0:29 · DEN 50-46 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 4:45 · DEN 63-64 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMarcus Cousins misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:46 · DEN 89-85 SAC
- Turnover
Marcus Thornton bad pass
Q4 4:15 · DEN 91-86 SAC
📊The numbers
| DEN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 10 |
