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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spurs | 40 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 120 |
 Nuggets | 30 | 23 | 36 | 38 | 127 |
SASTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS | 41-8548.2% | 16-3250.0% | 22-2588.0% | 36 | 33 | 10 |
| DEN | 45-8056.3% | 18-3551.4% | 19-2382.6% | 37 | 34 | 10 |
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Denver Nuggets127| 38 | 19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 7-8 | 0 | +4 | +7.3 | |||||||
| 34 | 26 | 11-21 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +2.0 | ||||||
| 31 | 11 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | −13 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 30 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.3 | ||||||
| 26 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.3 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 16 | 6-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +20 | +5.5 | ||||
| 19 | 22 | 8-13 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | +14 | +13.8 | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −0.8 | ||||||
| 17 | 8 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +16 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.1 | ||
| Team | 127 | 45-8056.3% | 18-3551.4% | 37 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 19-2382.6% | 9 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 55 points on 19 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Will Barton (injury/illness); Vlatko Čančar and Noah Vonleh (coach’s decision).
San Antonio Spurs120| 35 | 33 | 13-25 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0 | +8 | +5.4 | |||||||
| 34 | 14 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | +8 | +5.1 | ||||||
| 29 | 14 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | +5 | +6.9 | |||||
| 29 | 10 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | +7 | +2.2 | |||||||
| 27 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | +11 | −2.6 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −4.5 | ||||
| 19 | 15 | 2-10 | 1-4 | 10-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +0.1 | |||||
| 18 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +0.8 | |||||
| 17 | 13 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −19 | +2.8 | |||||
| 16 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team | 120 | 41-8548.2% | 16-3250.0% | 36 | 33 | 10 | 17 | 22-2588.0% | 9 | 7 | 1 | |||
Bench 45 points on 13 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Chimezie Metu and Keldon Johnson (coach’s decision); DeMar DeRozan (injury/illness).
Nuggets127Spurs120ClickTap 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.
Paul Millsap scored 22 points (12 on 4 3-pointers), and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 23 points down in the third quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 127-120 for their fourth straight win.
The Nuggets trailed 67-53 at halftime and 86-63 with 6:49 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Spurs 64-34 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Spurs 7-0.
Jamal Murray had 26 points (9 during a 15-0 run in the fourth quarter) and 6 assists. Jamal Murray scored 14 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter. Nikola Jokić assisted on 7 of Jamal Murray’s 11 baskets, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Spurs, LaMarcus Aldridge scored 33 points. The Spurs had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Nuggets shot 56.3% from the field and 51.4% from 3 to the Spurs’ 48.2% and 50.0%. The Nuggets outscored the Spurs 21-7 in 6 minutes with Millsap, McRae, Jokić, Dozier and Morris on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsSan Antonio SpursPS, 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. The Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 4.9% (3rd quarter, 6:49 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
108 points from the field on 80 shots: 26.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 10-17 | 58.8% | 64% |
| In the paint | 10-15 | 66.7% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-13 | 53.8% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-6 | 16.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 17-29 | 58.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dejounte Murray | 31 | 6 | 3-5 | −3 |
| Derrick White | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Bryn Forbes | 6 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 6 | 6 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 7 | 3-8 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Gay | 11 | 3 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Jakob Poeltl | 10 | 8 | 3-4 | +6 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 9 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Derrick White | 4 | 5 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 38 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 43 | 6 | 2-3 | −8 |
| Jakob Poeltl | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 |
| Dejounte Murray | 10 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 26 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.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
SAS
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Harris 25' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Grant 1 AST)
Q4 4:23
19.2%
58→77
Murray 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (15 PTS)
Q4 11:16
15.3%
37→53
Gay 25' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Poeltl 2 AST)
Q4 11:02
15.3%
53→37
Murray 7' Fadeaway Jumper (23 PTS) (Jokic 11 AST)
Q4 5:02
14.7%
43→58
Aldridge 12' Turnaround Fadeaway (29 PTS) (Murray 9 AST)
Q4 7:55
14.3%
54→40
