⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of ten from three- Lived at the line, seventeen free throws to their six
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 5:20 · SA 20-14 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 6:26 · SA 43-31 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 1:42 · SA 59-42 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 3:08 · SA 22-23 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 70% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 12 | Blocks | 3 |
