⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 35 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 6:35 · GS 22-15 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 6:47 · GS 56-52 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 7:56 · GS 113-100 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 33 | Assists | 33 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
