⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:53 · POR 8-11 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 7:13 · POR 31-44 DEN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Peyton Watson flagrant foul type 1
Q4 7:19 · POR 88-107 DEN
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 38 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
