⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 35
- A 13-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 34 in the fourth quarter
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 stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 9:46 · DEN 81-61 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 11:40 · DEN 106-81 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 34
Q4 6:48 · DEN 125-91 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
