⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 31 from three- A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 25-16 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:47 · DET 36-39 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 15
Q4 1:50 · DET 119-134 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Stewart technical foul
Q2 0:07 · DET 63-66 DEN
- Technical
Jalen Duren technical foul
Q3 4:37 · DET 72-93 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up
Q1 9:05 · DET 9-23 DEN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23
Q3 7:41 · DET 72-95 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Malone technical foul
Q1 11:11 · DET 2-0 DEN
📊The numbers
| DET | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 12 | Threes made | 17 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Assists | 28 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
