⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 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 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up in the fourth quarter- Made twelve threes to their nineteen
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 stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 8:28 · SA 53-33 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox bad pass turnover
Q4 3:34 · SA 119-125 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 3:06 · SA 60-51 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q4 10:43 · SA 109-108 DEN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up
Q4 5:51 · SA 119-128 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Cameron Johnson technical foul
Q1 6:31 · SA 16-12 DEN
📊The numbers
| SA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 19 | Threes made | 12 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 36 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 34 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
