⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their fifteen- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 36
- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 28
- A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:29 · POR 10-2 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up
Q1 9:59 · POR 10-15 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 36-point lead to 45
Q4 10:51 · POR 89-134 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 41-point lead to 52
Q4 5:27 · POR 99-151 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 15 | Threes made | 21 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 41 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
