⏱️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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth 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 Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 26- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 20-2 off them
- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 32
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 7:00 · DEN 101-87 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q2 7:48 · DEN 49-43 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Blake misses technical free throw
Q4 2:36 · DEN 107-93 LAL
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 74 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 9 |
