⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 31 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 0:09 · DEN 35-27 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 0:02 · DEN 65-51 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 4:39 · DEN 83-64 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nate Robinson misses technical free throw
Q4 4:41 · DEN 93-76 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 4:41 · DEN 93-76 OKC
📊The numbers
| DEN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 11 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
