⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 25 from three- Won the glass, 36 rebounds to 26
- A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 37
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 7:58 · DEN 69-76 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up
Q2 6:50 · DEN 45-56 GS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q2 0:00 · DEN 54-71 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 3:04 · DEN 77-92 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 65% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 26 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
