⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first 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 Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 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 stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 4:45 · DEN 57-39 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kenneth Faried and Devin Booker
Q4 0:17 · DEN 120-104 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 10:37 · DEN 36-28 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:47 · DEN 60-43 PHX
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
