⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 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- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 32
- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 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
Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
Q1 0:51 · DEN 24-31 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 11:29 · DEN 29-40 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Roger Mason technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:03 · DEN 37-50 SA
📊The numbers
| DEN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
