⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 21-11 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 35
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 22
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 5 down to 3 up
Q1 11:18 · DEN 8-5 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Jameer Nelson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 7:52 · DEN 10-11 MEM
- Technical
Jameer Nelson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 7:52 · DEN 10-11 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 5:39 · DEN 67-86 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 7:03 · DEN 84-109 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 2:39 · DEN 93-117 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
