⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 20 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 23 rebounds to 11- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 25
A 13-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 11 in the fourth quarter
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 16-point lead to 24
Q3 1:50 · SA 90-66 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Finley misses technical free throw
Q1 10:49 · SA 0-2 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 11
Q4 7:35 · SA 98-87 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Eduardo Najera technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:23 · SA 84-66 DEN
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
