⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 28 from three- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 28-8 off them
- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 24
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 39
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 7:11 · DEN 26-13 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q3 7:16 · DEN 88-70 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Joe Ingles technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:52 · DEN 48-32 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DEN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 18 | Threes made | 20 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
