⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 6:38 · DEN 49-47 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q4 5:26 · DEN 108-104 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox turnover
Q4 3:13 · DEN 108-104 SAC
- Turnover
Harrison Barnes out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:02 · DEN 120-115 SAC
📊The numbers
| DEN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 32 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
