⏱️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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Talen Horton-Tucker bad pass
Q4 5:00 · LAL 106-113 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
JaMychal Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:43 · LAL 19-15 DEN
- Missed FT
Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:02 · LAL 114-121 DEN
📊The numbers
| LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 31 | Assists | 33 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
