⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q1 3:06 · HOU 28-37 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Silas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:33 · HOU 37-44 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 4:11 · HOU 20-37 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Thomas Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:08 · HOU 39-45 DEN
📊The numbers
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 33 | Assists | 40 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
