⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 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, 32 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 36
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 21
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q1 8:08 · DEN 8-22 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 3 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 14 | Steals | 14 |
| 18 | Blocks | 28 |
