⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 38
- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 9
- A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 5:07 · LAL 23-16 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:10 · LAL 4-10 DEN
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up
Q3 2:12 · LAL 83-100 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q4 5:33 · LAL 101-123 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 12 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 26 | Assists | 32 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
