⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 32 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 6:40 · DEN 20-12 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - DeMarcus Cousins and Dahntay Jones
Q2 7:39 · DEN 48-40 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 7:08 · DEN 51-48 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 11:29 · DEN 74-69 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Robert Covington technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:41 · DEN 53-48 LAC
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 31 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
