⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 29 from three
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 35
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 4:11 · DEN 51-50 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Danilo Gallinari misses technical free throw
Q3 4:01 · DEN 73-79 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 5:45 · DEN 17-24 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 2:08 · DEN 53-61 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 9:30 · DEN 84-103 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 15 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 35 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 15 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
