⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 40- Owned the paint, 88 points inside to 42
- Made seven threes to their seventeen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q2 7:31 · DEN 60-38 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q3 0:26 · DEN 109-83 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Malone technical foul
Q1 4:04 · DEN 26-16 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q2 0:24 · DEN 72-55 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q3 4:33 · DEN 95-75 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q4 9:23 · DEN 109-92 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 17 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 41 | Assists | 30 |
| 88 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 14 |
| 11 | Blocks | 1 |
