⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 19-10 off them
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 took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 9:40 · SA 11-7 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 2:51 · SA 44-48 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q4 3:12 · SA 86-76 DEN
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |