⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twelve
- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to six
- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, six free throws to their nineteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:52 · DEN 47-49 LAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q3 4:36 · DEN 89-75 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
