⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 24- A 19-0 run took them from 5 down to 14 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 26-11 off them
- Beaten inside, 22 points in the paint to 52
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:59 · SA 8-2 DEN
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 5 down to 14 up
Q2 5:35 · SA 53-39 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 10:25 · SA 65-49 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 11:11 · SA 20-32 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:08 · SA 59-49 DEN
- Technical
Chauncey Billups technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:03 · SA 60-49 DEN
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 15 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
