⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38
- Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 58
- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 26
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 2:29 · DEN 32-26 NO
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q3 11:08 · DEN 81-72 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 3:20 · DEN 144-117 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 40 | Assists | 26 |
| 74 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 37 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
