⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 24
- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 40
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q1 4:24 · DEN 30-13 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q2 8:31 · DEN 52-28 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 15
Q2 7:15 · DEN 55-40 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q3 3:24 · DEN 96-77 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kevin Porter Jr. and Russell Westbrook
Q2 3:34 · DEN 57-42 LAC
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 14 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
