⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darren Collison misses technical free throw
Q3 4:54 · SAC 58-64 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 4:15 · SAC 15-23 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 5:28 · SAC 61-71 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
