⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets 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 better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, 24 of 41 from three
- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 27
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 29-12 off them
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 56
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 8-point lead to 16
Q2 11:03 · DEN 50-34 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q2 1:54 · DEN 79-52 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 7:05 · DEN 117-100 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q3 10:36 · DEN 82-65 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 24 | Threes made | 8 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 34 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
