⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 24
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up in the second 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q2 1:06 · DEN 68-62 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 7:39 · DEN 76-66 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 2:16 · DEN 97-79 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Darrell Arthur flagrant foul type 1
Q4 6:39 · DEN 111-92 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q2 9:35 · DEN 43-38 CHA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q2 5:39 · DEN 48-54 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 18 | Threes made | 11 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 2 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 15 | Blocks | 16 |
