⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q4 11:20 · DEN 97-77 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
JaMychal Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:15 · DEN 105-85 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
