⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 30- A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their twenty
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up
Q1 1:51 · DEN 44-32 DET
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24
Q2 1:39 · DEN 80-56 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 36 | Assists | 27 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
