⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 16 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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 43 from three
- A 20-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 27 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 29
A 16-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 14 in the fourth quarter
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 7 down to 1 up
Q1 2:29 · SA 27-26 DEN
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 14
Q4 9:01 · SA 96-110 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 7:20 · SA 43-56 DEN
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 27
Q2 1:25 · SA 56-83 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Nikola Jokic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:26 · SA 9-14 DEN
- Technical
JaMychal Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:13 · SA 38-45 DEN
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 20 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 33 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
