⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 40- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 36
- A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21 in the fourth quarter
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21
Q4 7:48 · DEN 107-86 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Aaron Gordon technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:00 · DEN 62-66 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 0:09 · DEN 28-36 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dillon Brooks and Nikola Jokic
Q4 5:45 · DEN 101-86 MEM
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
