⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 22- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Derrick Rose bad pass
Q4 4:51 · MEM 96-97 DEN
- Turnover
Xavier Tillman bad pass
Q4 3:57 · MEM 98-97 DEN
- Turnover
Ziaire Williams bad pass
Q4 2:09 · MEM 100-105 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 8:59 · MEM 4-11 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 1:12 · MEM 18-30 DEN
- Steal
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope stole it from Ziaire Williams
Q4 2:09 · MEM 100-105 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic bad pass
Q4 4:09 · MEM 98-97 DEN
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:46 · MEM 100-105 DEN
- Missed FT
Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · MEM 104-108 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
