Denver
Nuggets
111
–
123
FINAL
San Antonio
Spurs
Date
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 29 | 36 | 25 | 21 | 111 |
| SAS | 37 | 37 | 26 | 23 | 123 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Derrick White
SAS
23
PTS
6
REB
4
AST
-3
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections3
Contested Shots9
Charges Drawn1
Loose Balls2
Opp FG% When Defending60.0%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.28
Impact Composite58.0
Hustle: 25.5Defense: 32.8Impact: -0.3
64.3% FG3 deflections9 contested shots1 charge drawnonly 15 pts allowed on 53.8 possessions
Box Score MVP
Dejounte Murray
SAS
20
PTS
8
REB
9
AST
+9
+/−
Game Performance
FG7-16 (43.8%)
3PT3-8
FT3-4
TS%56.3%
eFG%53.1%
STL1
TOV5
ORTG130
DRTG115
NET+14
held opponents to 25.0% FGonly 7 pts allowed on 46.2 possessions
Box Score
| DEN | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeke Nnaji | 14:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 24:33 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-7 | 57% | 4-6 | 67% | 0-0 | 0% | -13 |
| JaMychal Green | 12:19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 50% | 2-4 | 50% | 1-1 | 100% | -7 |
| Jeff Green | 23:27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2-5 | 40% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +1 |
| Bones Hyland | 14:06 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-10 | 20% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | -12 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Davon Reed | 13:33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 25% | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -5 |
| Aaron Gordon | 35:24 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9-12 | 75% | 0-0 | 0% | 7-8 | 88% | -4 |
| Monte Morris | 32:25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5-13 | 39% | 3-7 | 43% | 0-0 | 0% | +1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 34:58 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8-19 | 42% | 2-8 | 25% | 4-4 | 100% | -5 |
| Will Barton | 33:41 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8-16 | 50% | 3-7 | 43% | 0-0 | 0% | -9 |
| TOTAL | — | 111 | 33 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 42-94 | 45% | 15-39 | 38% | 12-13 | 92% | — |
Bol Bol —
Petr Cornelie —
Markus Howard —
Vlatko Čančar —
| SAS | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob Poeltl | 29:36 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4-7 | 57% | 0-0 | 0% | 1-3 | 33% | +5 |
| Devin Vassell | 17:26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4-8 | 50% | 1-5 | 20% | 0-0 | 0% | +8 |
| Keita Bates-Diop | 31:17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3-8 | 38% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-2 | 0% | +4 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 25:55 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-12 | 58% | 3-5 | 60% | 4-4 | 100% | +9 |
| Thaddeus Young | 1:22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Derrick White | 35:09 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9-14 | 64% | 2-6 | 33% | 3-4 | 75% | -3 |
| Bryn Forbes | 6:06 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 33% | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | +7 |
| Tre Jones | 12:42 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +2 |
| Drew Eubanks | 17:02 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5-8 | 63% | 1-1 | 100% | 3-3 | 100% | +7 |
| Doug McDermott | 27:45 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-12 | 50% | 3-7 | 43% | 2-2 | 100% | +12 |
| Dejounte Murray | 34:57 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7-16 | 44% | 3-8 | 38% | 3-4 | 75% | +9 |
| TOTAL | — | 123 | 54 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 46-88 | 52% | 15-35 | 43% | 16-22 | 73% | — |
Joshua Primo —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
DEN42/94 (45%)
Paint
23/40 (57%)
Mid
5/17 (29%)
3PT
15/39 (38%)
RA 59%ATB3 36%Corner 3 43%Mid 25%Paint 46%
SAS46/88 (52%)
Paint
29/48 (60%)
Mid
4/11 (36%)
3PT
15/35 (43%)
RA 74%ATB3 45%Paint 21%Corner 3 33%Mid 50%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
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Primary Matchup
Jakob Poeltl
defended Nikola Jokić
7.8 min • 6 pts • 60%
Best Defender
Dejounte Murray
held Facundo Campazzo
2.7 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Derrick White
vs Will Barton
2.1 min • 6 pts • 50%
| SAS Defense | Aaron Gordon | Bones Hyland | Davon Reed | Facundo Campazzo | JaMychal Green | Jeff Green | Monte Morris | Nikola Jokić | Will Barton | Zeke Nnaji |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick White | 2.0m 4pts 100% | — | — | 2.4m 3pts 100% | — | — | 4.4m 2pts 33% | — | 2.1m 6pts 50% | — |
| Keita Bates-Diop | 1.9m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 4.9m 5pts 50% | 2.0m 0pts 0% | — | 1.7m 0pts 0% | — |
| Dejounte Murray | 5.7m 4pts 20% | — | — | 2.7m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 1.0m 3pts 50% | — |
| Jakob Poeltl | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1m 2pts 50% | — | 7.8m 6pts 60% | — | — |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 1.4m 5pts 67% | 1.3m 2pts 33% | 2.0m 5pts 67% | 1.3m 3pts 100% | — | — | 1.2m 2pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Doug McDermott | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8m 0pts 0% | — | 5.3m 2pts 25% | — |
| Drew Eubanks | — | — | — | — | 2.8m 4pts 100% | — | — | 2.1m 3pts 25% | — | — |
| Devin Vassell | — | — | 1.0m 3pts 50% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.6m 2pts 33% |
| Tre Jones | — | 1.8m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other | 2.6m 2pts 25% | 2.4m 4pts 100% | — | 3.3m 2pts 0% | 2.0m 7pts 60% | 2.8m 16pts 67% | 2.7m 4pts 100% | 3.2m 15pts 64% | 2.5m 5pts 67% | 2.9m 6pts 50% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = SAS leads, negative = DEN leads
SAS Largest Lead
18
Q2 5:27
DEN Largest Lead
0
Q1 0:00
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
SAS 8-0 run
Q2 0:45 – Q2 2:19
+8 → +13
SAS 9-0 run
Q2 0:45 – Q2 2:42
+8 → +14
SAS 10-0 run
Q2 0:45 – Q2 2:42
+8 → +15
DEN 8-0 run
Q2 9:43 – Q2 10:52
+11 → +4