⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️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 fifteen- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q4 9:53 · MEM 91-95 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Marc Gasol technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:44 · MEM 98-101 DEN
- Turnover
Marc Gasol lost ball turnover
Q4 0:13 · MEM 102-106 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 6:25 · MEM 42-58 DEN
- Steal
Paul Millsap stole it from Marc Gasol
Q4 0:13 · MEM 102-106 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic offensive foul
Q4 1:47 · MEM 100-104 DEN
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic turnover
Q4 1:47 · MEM 100-104 DEN
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:20 · MEM 102-106 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 3 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 20 | Steals | 22 |
| 23 | Blocks | 22 |
