⏱️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
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 22-10 off them
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q2 8:22 · TOR 45-37 DEN
- Ties it
Scottie Barnes hit a two point shot, OG Anunoby with the assist
Q4 2:33 · TOR 103-103 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Fred VanVleet misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:52 · TOR 105-108 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 4:22 · TOR 77-78 DEN
- Winner
Bones Hyland hit a 29-foot three jumper, Nikola Jokic with the assist
Q4 2:16 · TOR 103-106 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:12 · TOR 109-110 DEN
- Missed FT
Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:12 · TOR 109-110 DEN
📊The numbers
| TOR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
