⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 35 fast break points to 18
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
Double technical foul - Aaron Gordon and Patrick Beverley
Q2 1:09 · DEN 52-48 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 0:33 · DEN 54-56 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 11:44 · DEN 86-79 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 2:34 · DEN 108-99 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Darvin Ham technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:11 · DEN 95-84 LAL
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 34 | Assists | 25 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 35 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
