⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their sixteen- Shot well above their usual, 22 of 43 from three
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q4 6:54 · MEM 103-108 DEN
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 3:10 · MEM 18-25 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 10:21 · MEM 28-38 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 9:25 · MEM 91-108 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 16 | Threes made | 22 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 33 | Assists | 32 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
