⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second 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 thirteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 41
- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 42
- A 13-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 31 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 35
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 3:33 · DEN 20-25 SA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 31
Q4 11:18 · DEN 79-110 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q4 2:58 · DEN 100-132 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 37 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 10 |
