⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 17 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 12- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 7:16 · DEN 8-20 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q3 4:11 · DEN 66-97 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 13 | Threes made | 14 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 33 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 15 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
