⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 3
- A 14-0 run dragged them back level in the second quarter
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
- Missed FT
Stephen Curry misses technical free throw
Q4 7:26 · GS 92-99 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 2:47 · GS 61-61 DEN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up
Q3 10:07 · GS 65-75 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 29 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
