⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 23
- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- Went cold from three, nine of 32
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 2:24 · DEN 31-20 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q3 4:02 · DEN 74-69 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 4 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 20 | Steals | 18 |
| 18 | Blocks | 21 |
