⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mason Plumlee misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:38 · DEN 118-110 MEM
- Missed FT
Mason Plumlee misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:38 · DEN 118-110 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q2 3:44 · DEN 45-30 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q2 1:07 · DEN 50-43 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Grayson Allen out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:26 · DEN 118-110 MEM
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 32 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
