⏱️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
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 3:51 · WSH 100-109 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 2:19 · WSH 49-62 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Malone technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 9:50 · WSH 9-4 DEN
📊The numbers
| WSH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 31 | Assists | 29 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 11 |
