⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers 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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:19 · GS 41-44 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 8:24 · GS 14-19 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 2:52 · GS 30-42 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:17 · GS 79-77 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 16 | Threes made | 12 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
