⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q1 3:54 · DEN 16-23 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 11:41 · DEN 47-53 SA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kenyon Martin Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q1 6:01 · DEN 8-15 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:41 · DEN 0-8 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 6:26 · DEN 8-23 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 7:54 · DEN 47-63 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
