⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 43 from three
- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 27-14 off them
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 3 down to 6 up
Q2 5:56 · DEN 49-43 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 0:26 · DEN 55-62 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 3:06 · DEN 97-112 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 18 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
