⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 44
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 5:27 · DEN 22-13 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 5:47 · DEN 50-36 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 3:03 · DEN 88-73 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dennis Schroder technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:44 · DEN 75-66 LAL
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
