⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, 24 of 40 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q4 8:58 · MIL 103-117 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q4 3:02 · MIL 123-132 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 6:36 · MIL 45-54 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q3 1:52 · MIL 88-110 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamal Murray technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:08 · MIL 110-126 DEN
📊The numbers
| MIL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 9 | Threes made | 24 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 5 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Steals | 18 |
| 20 | Blocks | 23 |
