⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 9:18 · SAC 40-40 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:16 · SAC 5-11 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 4:39 · SAC 20-28 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q3 9:16 · SAC 65-79 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bones Hyland misses technical free throw
Q2 9:34 · SAC 30-38 DEN
📊The numbers
| SAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
