⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their six
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 stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 3:50 · DEN 124-103 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 10:24 · DEN 78-64 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 15 | Threes made | 6 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
