⏱️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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 20-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:45 · LAL 8-0 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 8:16 · LAL 61-69 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 3:23 · LAL 69-81 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:08 · LAL 102-110 DEN
📊The numbers
| LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
