⏱️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
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 37 from three- A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q1 4:28 · DET 19-27 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 3:23 · DET 66-82 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
