⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 32 from three- A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mark Daigneault technical foul
Q1 5:37 · OKC 15-20 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q3 1:47 · OKC 99-106 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 7:42 · OKC 111-125 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 19 | Threes made | 18 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 32 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
