⏱️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, 6 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 7:54 · SA 16-8 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 6:05 · SA 54-42 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 1:28 · SA 95-79 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 33 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 13 | Blocks | 5 |
