⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 7- They shot well above their usual, fourteen of 28 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:48 · MEM 33-26 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q3 1:24 · MEM 80-81 DEN
- Ties it
Ja Morant hit a driving layup, Dillon Brooks with the assist
Q4 2:25 · MEM 95-95 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ja Morant lost ball turnover
Q4 1:54 · MEM 95-98 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 10:04 · MEM 60-68 DEN
- Go-ahead
Michael Porter Jr. hit a 24-foot three jumper, Will Barton with the assist
Q4 2:50 · MEM 93-95 DEN
- Winner
Will Barton hit a 24-foot three jumper, Jamal Murray with the assist
Q4 2:08 · MEM 95-98 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
