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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 17 | 31 | 21 | 34 | 103 |
 Spurs | 36 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 104 |
DENTeam statsSAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 41-9543.2% | 17-4042.5% | 4-4100.0% | 43 | 27 | 12 |
| SAS | 41-8548.2% | 8-2532.0% | 14-1973.7% | 43 | 27 | 9 |
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San Antonio Spurs104| 37 | 24 | 11-19 | 0-0 | 2-3 | +2 | +6.3 | ||||||||
| 36 | 22 | 9-17 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 36 | 11 | 4-13 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | −13 | +2.9 | ||||||
| 22 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −3.9 | ||||
| 18 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | +1.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 14 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 0 | 5-8 | +8 | +3.9 | |||||||
| 26 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −1.9 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −2.5 | ||||
| 16 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +1.4 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +2.4 | |||
| Team | 104 | 41-8548.2% | 8-2532.0% | 43 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 14-1973.7% | 6 | 8 | 7 | |||
Bench 34 points on 11 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Dante Cunningham, Quincy Pondexter and Chimezie Metu (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets103| 38 | 22 | 10-14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +7.1 | ||||||
| 32 | 12 | 5-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −3.0 | ||||||
| 30 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.5 | |||||
| 28 | 25 | 8-19 | 6-10 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +3.8 | ||||||
| 27 | 8 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −4.0 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 15 | 6-11 | 2-6 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +4.0 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.1 | ||||||
| 16 | 7 | 3-11 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −2.8 | ||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −18 | −1.4 | |||||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +0.2 | |||||
| Team | 103 | 41-9543.2% | 17-4042.5% | 43 | 27 | 12 | 17 | 4-4100.0% | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||
Bench 31 points on 13 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Thomas Welsh, Jarred Vanderbilt and Juancho Hernangomez (coach’s decision).
Spurs104Nuggets103ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points (20 in the paint), and the San Antonio Spurs held off the Denver Nuggets 104-103.
The Spurs never trailed and led by as many as 21. The Spurs led 38-17 with 11:01 left in the second quarter, and the Nuggets cut it to 1 in the final minute.
The Nuggets had the ball down 1 with 8.4 seconds left, but Rudy Gay stole the ball from Nikola Jokić, lifting the Spurs’ chance to win from 79% to 85%. A basket would have put the Nuggets ahead. They had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but Gary Harris missed a 20-foot turnaround fadeaway at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 22 points (11 in the first quarter) and 9 rebounds.
For the Nuggets, Jamal Murray had 25 points and 8 assists, and Jokić added 22 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists on 10 for 14 shooting. Murray scored 14 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets got 8 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They scored the last 9 points of the game. The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Spurs 61-51 in 24 minutes together.
San Antonio SpursDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
90 points from the field on 85 shots: 6.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-19 | 68.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 11-22 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 9-19 | 47.4% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-6 | 33.3% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-19 | 31.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Barton | 36 | 16 | 8-9 | +5 |
| Gary Harris | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Torrey Craig | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Malik Beasley | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 6 | 3-9 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokić | 34 | 8 | 4-9 | −3 |
| Paul Millsap | 20 | 6 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Jamal Murray | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Mason Plumlee | 4 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Millsap | 19 | 6 | 3-3 | +1 |
| Mason Plumlee | 10 | 4 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Torrey Craig | 6 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Will Barton | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
SAS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
SAS
Highest Leverage Moments
Murray 28' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (25 PTS)
Q4 0:50
28.2%
92→64
MISS Harris 20' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
Q4 0:00
12.0%
85→97
Beasley 5' Driving Layup (6 PTS)
Q2 8:22
11.5%
93→82
Belinelli 27' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Gay 2 AST)
Q3 5:47
10.4%
62→73
Poeltl 3' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (White 2 AST)
Q2 8:07
9.9%
82→92
