⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 9- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 5:49 · DEN 98-80 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - DaRon Holmes II and Sidy Cissoko
Q4 0:15 · DEN 128-112 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 18 | Threes made | 16 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 37 | Assists | 31 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
