⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 27-3 off them- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 48
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 3:41 · DEN 26-22 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 8:56 · DEN 45-38 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Torrey Craig misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q2 7:19 · DEN 40-36 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Marvin Williams flagrant foul type 1
Q2 7:19 · DEN 39-36 CHA
📊The numbers
| DEN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 22 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
