⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 12 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 26 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their six- A 16-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 27
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 9:49 · DEN 38-36 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:41 · DEN 0-8 GS
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 19
Q3 11:27 · DEN 57-76 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q3 7:01 · DEN 59-84 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 6 | Threes made | 18 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 6 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 17 | Steals | 13 |
| 18 | Blocks | 23 |
