⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q1 1:11 · DEN 42-25 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jonas Valanciunas flopping technical foul
Q3 5:50 · DEN 86-69 NO
📊The numbers
| DEN | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Assists | 30 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
