⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 14 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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their fourteen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 36
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 cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q2 3:26 · DEN 60-72 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 4:12 · DEN 26-39 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q3 3:54 · DEN 78-106 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 32
Q4 10:33 · DEN 89-121 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:58 · DEN 42-63 GS
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 14 | Threes made | 21 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 38 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
