⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their sixteen- A 13-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
- Made nine threes to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:20 · GS 127-123 DEN
- Turnover
Stephen Curry bad pass
Q4 0:04 · GS 127-127 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 5
Q4 6:34 · GS 123-118 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q4 1:52 · GS 127-130 DEN
- Winner
Nikola Jokic hit a 39-foot threeer
Q4 0:00 · GS 127-130 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Murray misses technical free throw
Q1 10:36 · GS 2-2 DEN
📊The numbers
| GS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 35 | Assists | 28 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
