⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first 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
Made sixteen threes to their four- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q1 1:36 · SA 38-15 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 4:56 · SA 57-38 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 29
Q4 7:07 · SA 112-83 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 16 | Threes made | 4 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 33 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
