⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first 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 Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 4:48 · DEN 24-18 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 8:00 · DEN 78-61 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 1:38 · DEN 133-107 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 18 | Threes made | 11 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 40 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
