⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 5:41 · SA 17-10 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:50 · SA 86-78 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
