⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 41 from three
- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twelve
- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen 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.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q1 7:46 · LAL 9-20 DEN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q4 7:26 · LAL 94-106 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 27 | Assists | 30 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
