⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, nine of 21 from three
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 30
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q2 2:31 · DEN 36-39 SA
- Flagrant
J.R. Smith flagrant foul type 1 (Manu Ginobili draws the foul)
Q4 11:36 · DEN 67-75 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 1:46 · DEN 64-72 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 4:07 · DEN 81-86 SA
📊The numbers
| DEN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
