⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 44 from three
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 54
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q3 11:29 · GS 67-63 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 1:36 · GS 99-83 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 6:13 · GS 20-22 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 7:42 · GS 107-97 DEN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
JaMychal Green flagrant foul type 1
Q3 1:36 · GS 89-83 DEN
- Turnover
Jamal Murray out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:50 · GS 111-104 DEN
📊The numbers
| GS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 18 | Threes made | 8 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
