⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️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.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 5:47 · SA 40-28 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Emanuel Ginobili missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q2 7:30 · SA 31-26 DEN
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 5:00 · SA 88-80 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Andre Miller Flagrant Foul Type 1. Miller's 2nd Personal Foul, Denver's 4th Team Foul.
Q2 7:30 · SA 31-26 DEN
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
