⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fourteen- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 12
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:58 · HOU 17-24 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 0:53 · HOU 23-37 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 6:03 · HOU 63-87 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 28 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
