⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 15 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their thirteen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 36
- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 46
- A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 25
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 7:06 · DEN 17-15 MEM
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 up
Q1 1:05 · DEN 42-27 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q2 3:19 · DEN 63-43 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:30 · DEN 79-55 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:16 · DEN 2-8 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q2 8:56 · DEN 42-37 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 23
Q3 3:35 · DEN 100-77 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:26 · DEN 82-56 MEM
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 20 | Threes made | 13 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 43 | Assists | 23 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
