⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
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 6 down to 3 up
Q1 1:34 · SAC 34-31 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Malik Monk technical foul
Q3 2:06 · SAC 74-82 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:21 · SAC 8-15 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 11:25 · SAC 84-94 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 13 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 24 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
