⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 37- A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:31 · BKN 17-11 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 9:57 · BKN 8-10 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 1:21 · BKN 30-34 DEN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q3 7:24 · BKN 60-80 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Timofey Mozgov technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 6:33 · BKN 37-42 DEN
📊The numbers
| BKN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
