⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 21-12 off them- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 22
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 50
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 0:40 · DEN 79-78 LAC
- Ties it
Jamal Murray hit a 25-foot threeer
Q4 2:07 · DEN 100-100 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic bad pass
Q4 4:20 · DEN 93-96 LAC
- Turnover
Michael Porter Jr. lost ball turnover
Q4 1:35 · DEN 100-100 LAC
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic bad pass
Q4 0:37 · DEN 102-105 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:51 · DEN 31-31 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 3:53 · DEN 45-47 LAC
- Winner
Norman Powell hit a 26-foot three jumper, Kawhi Leonard with the assist
Q4 1:30 · DEN 100-103 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Norman Powell and
Q3 5:18 · DEN 66-68 LAC
- Turnover
James Harden bad pass
Q4 4:17 · DEN 93-96 LAC
- Missed FT
Ivica Zubac misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:08 · DEN 97-98 LAC
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
