⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 33 from three
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 38
- Beaten inside, 46 points in the paint to 64
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 7:39 · GS 94-97 DEN
- Steal
Draymond Green stole it from Aaron Gordon
Q4 1:56 · GS 101-107 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Draymond Green bad pass
Q4 2:35 · GS 99-107 DEN
- Turnover
Stephen Curry out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:53 · GS 101-107 DEN
- Turnover
Jonathan Kuminga offensive foul
Q4 0:56 · GS 102-110 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 1:38 · GS 22-29 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 8:35 · GS 29-44 DEN
- Steal
Michael Porter Jr. stole it from Draymond Green
Q4 2:35 · GS 99-107 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Peyton Watson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:12 · GS 99-106 DEN
- Turnover
Aaron Gordon bad pass
Q4 1:56 · GS 101-107 DEN
- Missed FT
Peyton Watson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:11 · GS 102-109 DEN
📊The numbers
| GS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 24 | Assists | 32 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |
