⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 10 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
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their fourteen- Shot well above their usual, 24 of 48 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 2
- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:18 · TOR 8-2 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q2 8:50 · TOR 55-36 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 11:07 · TOR 110-84 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 24 | Threes made | 14 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 31 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
