⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets 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 worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up in the third 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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:20 · SA 13-6 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 0:46 · SA 33-28 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 10:07 · SA 73-68 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tre Jones traveling
Q4 2:52 · SA 105-109 DEN
- Turnover
Josh Richardson bad pass
Q4 1:13 · SA 109-111 DEN
- Turnover
Josh Richardson lost ball turnover
Q4 0:50 · SA 109-113 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 8:39 · SA 13-14 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 2:03 · SA 60-63 DEN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q3 9:03 · SA 73-81 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:40 · SA 59-55 DEN
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 4:54 · SA 103-104 DEN
- Turnover
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope bad pass
Q4 1:16 · SA 109-111 DEN
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 31 | Assists | 33 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
