⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 12 points behind 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, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight
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
- Steal
Manu Ginobili stole it from Arron Afflalo
Q4 2:59 · SA 99-101 DEN
- Winner
Manu Ginobili hit a 26-foot three jumper
Q4 2:47 · SA 102-101 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 2:47 · SA 108-101 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gary Neal lost ball
Q4 4:43 · SA 99-97 DEN
- Turnover
Tony Parker bad pass
Q4 3:47 · SA 99-101 DEN
- Turnover
Tim Duncan traveling
Q4 2:19 · SA 102-101 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 11:21 · SA 61-64 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q2 5:43 · SA 46-42 DEN
- Turnover
Arron Afflalo lost ball
Q4 2:59 · SA 99-101 DEN
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups lost ball
Q4 1:02 · SA 105-101 DEN
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
