⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 42- A 17-0 run took them from 6 down to 11 up in the second quarter
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 1:15 · LAL 79-83 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jordan Clarkson and Jusuf Nurkic
Q4 3:19 · LAL 92-110 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 11:11 · LAL 35-33 DEN
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 6 down to 11 up
Q2 7:39 · LAL 39-50 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q4 6:41 · LAL 88-108 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 31 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
