⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 36
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jakob Poeltl misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:17 · SA 111-103 DEN
- Missed FT
Jakob Poeltl misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:17 · SA 111-103 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 9:42 · SA 71-70 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
JaMychal Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:16 · SA 101-95 DEN
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic traveling
Q4 3:42 · SA 111-103 DEN
- Turnover
Jamal Murray lost ball turnover
Q4 3:13 · SA 111-103 DEN
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
