⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 80 points inside to 40
Key battles
35Fast break points10
80Points in the paint40
4Threes made7
8Blocks5
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 10:25 · DEN 47-25 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
JaVale McGee flagrant foul type 1 (Luis Scola draws the foul)
Q3 3:46 · DEN 83-56 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 28 | Assists | 29 |
| 80 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 35 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
