⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 31 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 3:39 · DEN 23-17 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 0:00 · DEN 34-21 GS
- Winner
Monte Morris hit a 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 0:33 · DEN 123-121 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Aaron Gordon and Draymond Green
Q1 11:20 · DEN 0-2 GS
- Turnover
Monte Morris bad pass
Q4 3:48 · DEN 115-110 GS
- Turnover
Monte Morris out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:37 · DEN 119-119 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:57 · DEN 6-13 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 8:24 · DEN 74-67 GS
- Lead
Stephen Curry hit a 22-foot step back jumper
Q4 1:21 · DEN 119-121 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Otto Porter Jr. bad pass
Q4 0:31 · DEN 123-121 GS
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 15 | Threes made | 12 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 15 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
