⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 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 ten threes to their no- Shot well above their usual, ten of fifteen from three
- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 68
A 14-0 run took them from 13 down to 1 up 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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 1:50 · SA 24-20 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kawhi Leonard misses technical free throw
Q4 7:58 · SA 86-87 DEN
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:43 · SA 94-91 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 4:07 · SA 16-20 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q2 9:41 · SA 28-39 DEN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 13 down to 1 up
Q4 11:18 · SA 88-89 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Danilo Gallinari offensive foul (Manu Ginobili draws the foul)
Q4 3:26 · SA 95-91 DEN
- Turnover
Danilo Gallinari turnover
Q4 3:26 · SA 95-91 DEN
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 0 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
