⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX 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 Suns did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 29-9 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 6
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 6:54 · DEN 24-14 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 8:19 · DEN 52-33 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q4 10:07 · DEN 109-79 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Murray misses technical free throw
Q2 9:33 · DEN 44-30 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 21
Q3 0:58 · DEN 100-79 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Damion Lee technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:33 · DEN 44-30 PHX
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 30 | Assists | 28 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
