⏱️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
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Danilo Gallinari lost ball turnover
Q4 4:52 · DEN 93-91 POR
- Missed FT
J.J. Hickson misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:16 · DEN 95-93 POR
- Missed FT
Kenneth Faried misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:13 · DEN 99-97 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 4:52 · DEN 50-55 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Meyers Leonard offensive foul (Kenneth Faried draws the foul)
Q4 1:39 · DEN 102-97 POR
- Turnover
Meyers Leonard turnover
Q4 1:39 · DEN 102-97 POR
📊The numbers
| DEN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
