⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 25 from three
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 1:23 · DEN 28-26 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 6:37 · DEN 99-98 ATL
- Go-ahead
Andre Miller hit a 2-foot two point shot
Q4 2:36 · DEN 101-100 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Randy Foye misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:25 · DEN 103-102 ATL
- Turnover
Ty Lawson lost ball turnover
Q4 0:33 · DEN 107-104 ATL
- Missed FT
Ty Lawson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · DEN 107-106 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 11:03 · DEN 4-14 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 5:56 · DEN 44-43 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 3:25 · DEN 48-51 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Al Horford offensive foul (Ty Lawson draws the foul)
Q4 3:54 · DEN 97-98 ATL
- Turnover
Pero Antic bad pass
Q4 2:45 · DEN 99-100 ATL
- Missed FT
Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · DEN 108-106 ATL
📊The numbers
| DEN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 31 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 9 |
