⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 22-8 off them- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 1:23 · LAC 104-114 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:19 · LAC 2-10 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 4:51 · LAC 18-27 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 8:50 · LAC 82-99 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
