⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 11:31 · SAC 34-33 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q2 0:39 · SAC 58-73 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 16 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
