⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 22-7 off them
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 42
- Made seven threes to their fifteen
A 19-0 run took them from 11 down to 8 up in the second quarter
Key battles
7Points off turnovers22
23Free throws made9
9Steals3
7Threes made15
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 3:31 · SA 59-56 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 10:50 · SA 72-64 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 7:25 · SA 108-91 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:15 · SA 40-46 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 11 down to 8 up
Q2 11:46 · SA 33-41 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 3:01 · SA 116-105 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 31 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
