⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
-1Q117-22
0Q223-27
0Q319-18
-7Q419-26
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
A 111-0 run from level to 111 points up in the first quarter
Key battles
8%Three-point accuracy33%
1Threes made5
22Assists28
41%Shooting from the field50%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 111-0 run
A 111-0 run from level to 111 points up
Q1 11:40 · DEN 0-111 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q2 9:23 · DEN 0-43 SA
📊The numbers
| DEN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
