⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 31 from three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their sixteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 5:50 · DEN 57-47 LAL
- Steal
Jamal Murray stole it from Lonzo Ball
Q4 0:20 · DEN 123-116 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Murray misses technical free throw
Q1 4:31 · DEN 21-15 LAL
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic traveling
Q4 2:50 · DEN 116-112 LAL
- Turnover
Jamal Murray lost ball turnover
Q4 1:15 · DEN 119-116 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 8:40 · DEN 47-46 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 4:14 · DEN 90-93 LAL
- Steal
Isaiah Thomas stole it from Jamal Murray
Q4 1:15 · DEN 119-116 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Julius Randle turnover
Q4 4:12 · DEN 112-110 LAL
- Turnover
Julius Randle bad pass
Q4 3:28 · DEN 114-110 LAL
- Turnover
Lonzo Ball bad pass
Q4 0:20 · DEN 123-116 LAL
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 6 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 12 | Steals | 15 |
| 16 | Blocks | 23 |
