⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth 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 Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 22- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 18-9 off them
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the fourth quarter
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
- Steal
Jameer Nelson stole it from Justin Holiday
Q4 1:51 · DEN 108-101 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kenneth Faried misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:31 · DEN 108-101 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 2:26 · DEN 82-83 GS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q4 10:10 · DEN 89-96 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Michael McAdoo offensive foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)
Q4 3:30 · DEN 102-99 GS
- Turnover
James Michael McAdoo turnover
Q4 3:30 · DEN 102-99 GS
- Turnover
Justin Holiday lost ball turnover
Q4 1:51 · DEN 108-101 GS
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 29 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 10 |
