⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fifteen- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 26-11 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the second quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:41 · DEN 11-0 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 11:21 · DEN 40-25 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 6:09 · DEN 51-39 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic bad pass turnover
Q4 2:08 · DEN 112-110 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 9:10 · DEN 40-37 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 4:11 · DEN 55-49 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q4 9:38 · DEN 102-99 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul
Q2 5:43 · DEN 49-39 LAL
- Missed FT
Austin Reaves misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:05 · DEN 112-111 LAL
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 30 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
