⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 36
- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 38-7 off them
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
- Steal
Cade Cunningham stole it from Austin Rivers
Q4 2:33 · DET 98-106 DEN
- Steal
Trey Lyles stole it from Nikola Jokic
Q4 0:27 · DET 102-106 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Hamidou Diallo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:28 · DET 13-21 DEN
- Technical
Josh Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:35 · DET 37-46 DEN
- Turnover
Isaiah Stewart 3 second turnover
Q4 3:23 · DET 98-104 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 9:32 · DET 37-47 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Austin Rivers lost ball turnover
Q4 2:33 · DET 98-106 DEN
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic lost ball turnover
Q4 0:27 · DET 102-106 DEN
📊The numbers
| DET | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 38 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
