⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 10 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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 53 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 47
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 9:11 · SA 26-27 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 4:58 · SA 56-42 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 2:28 · SA 91-64 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Michael Doleac Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 3:54 · SA 52-42 DEN
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 36 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
