⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter and never got it back. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up in the second quarter- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q2 10:24 · DEN 44-31 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 3:12 · DEN 62-43 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 2:55 · DEN 100-94 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Peyton Watson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:15 · DEN 105-100 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 9:50 · DEN 68-65 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 7:02 · DEN 90-92 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 13 | Threes made | 14 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
