⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 36 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 10:19 · DEN 10-5 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 3:45 · DEN 49-53 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:49 · DEN 111-104 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 9:10 · DEN 103-98 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brandon Ingram misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:45 · DEN 113-106 NO
📊The numbers
| DEN | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 16 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 33 | Assists | 28 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
