⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second 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 Lakers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their six- They went cold, six of 28 from three
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 62
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 3 down to 7 up
Q2 5:12 · DEN 60-53 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 1:29 · DEN 71-57 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 19 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 27 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
