⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 0:26 · DEN 32-28 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 3:59 · DEN 76-69 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 5:20 · DEN 108-88 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Zeke Nnaji and De'Anthony Melton
Q2 9:57 · DEN 28-28 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:46 · DEN 13-18 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 8:30 · DEN 32-39 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 5:46 · DEN 34-47 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Gary Payton II technical foul
Q2 9:57 · DEN 28-28 GS
- Flagrant
Gary Payton II flagrant foul type 1
Q2 3:54 · DEN 34-47 GS
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 19 | Threes made | 14 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 29 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
