⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their ten- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 41
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 9
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 29
Q3 1:19 · DEN 108-79 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 42
Q4 6:04 · DEN 128-86 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Aaron Gordon and Russell Westbrook
Q3 6:12 · DEN 88-69 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 23 | Threes made | 10 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 35 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
