⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q3 10:36 · DEN 80-53 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q4 10:47 · DEN 109-77 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 23
Q4 7:10 · DEN 113-90 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 4 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 17 | Blocks | 21 |
