⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first 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 Celtics did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 30 from three
- Gave up second chances, ten offensive rebounds to their one
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
- Missed FT
Bones Hyland misses technical free throw
Q3 1:58 · DEN 91-77 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:58 · DEN 91-77 BOS
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jaylen Brown and Bones Hyland
Q4 7:44 · DEN 107-94 BOS
📊The numbers
| DEN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 1 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 30 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
