⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 36 from three
- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
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 5:11 · DEN 26-20 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 2:33 · DEN 89-78 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Murray misses technical free throw
Q3 3:27 · DEN 77-73 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Hassan Whiteside technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:27 · DEN 77-73 POR
📊The numbers
| DEN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 18 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
