⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 33 from three
- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 in the fourth quarter
- Beaten inside, 46 points in the paint to 62
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 8:41 · DEN 17-6 LAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q4 3:38 · DEN 129-107 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Bogdan Bogdanovic and Russell Westbrook
Q3 1:38 · DEN 93-80 LAC
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 29 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
