⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 36 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bones Hyland technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:09 · DEN 80-67 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 10:39 · DEN 7-8 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q2 2:45 · DEN 51-46 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 7:24 · DEN 101-89 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Alperen Sengun technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:41 · DEN 36-30 HOU
📊The numbers
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
