⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 1:15 · POR 28-28 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 7:56 · POR 49-68 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q4 9:53 · POR 70-91 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 4 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Steals | 14 |
| 19 | Blocks | 13 |
