⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 37- Owned the paint, 78 points inside to 52
- A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LaMelo Ball misses technical free throw
Q2 9:10 · CHA 43-33 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 5:13 · CHA 52-49 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 11:07 · CHA 62-69 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q4 7:42 · CHA 92-112 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:10 · CHA 43-33 DEN
- Technical
Jeff Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:28 · CHA 85-96 DEN
📊The numbers
| CHA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 35 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 78 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
