⏱️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
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 23- Owned the paint, 98 points inside to 48
- Made four threes to their nineteen
- They shot well above their usual, nineteen of 39 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 2 down to 7 up
Q1 5:28 · DEN 29-22 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 4:29 · DEN 64-60 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 11:26 · DEN 40-39 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 65% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 19 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 24 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 31 | Assists | 40 |
| 98 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
