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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spurs | 13 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 86 |
 Nuggets | 23 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 90 |
SASTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS | 31-8536.5% | 6-2326.1% | 18-2090.0% | 45 | 19 | 6 |
| DEN | 35-8839.8% | 2-2010.0% | 18-2378.3% | 53 | 21 | 6 |
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Denver Nuggets90| 43 | 21 | 9-26 | 0-4 | 0 | 3-4 | −1 | +3.9 | |||||||
| 41 | 11 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | +2 | −4.0 | |||||||
| 35 | 9 | 3-10 | 0-4 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −7.7 | |||||
| 32 | 23 | 9-19 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 26 | 7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −3.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.8 | |||
| 16 | 7 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.9 | ||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −2 | −1.1 | ||||||
| 12 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +4.0 | ||||||
| Team | 90 | 35-8839.8% | 2-2010.0% | 53 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 18-2378.3% | 13 | 3 | 8 | |||
Bench 19 points on 7 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Jarred Vanderbilt, Isaiah Thomas, Trey Lyles and Juancho Hernangomez (coach’s decision).
San Antonio Spurs86| 43 | 19 | 7-21 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0 | +1 | −3.8 | |||||||
| 41 | 16 | 6-16 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 0 | −13 | −2.0 | |||||||
| 39 | 19 | 7-11 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +1.3 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 0-7 | 0-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −7.7 | |||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.0 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 21 | 8-17 | 2-7 | 3-3 | +7 | +3.9 | ||||||||
| 29 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −5.3 | ||||
| 16 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −5.6 | |||
| Team | 86 | 31-8536.5% | 6-2326.1% | 45 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 18-2090.0% | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||
Bench 26 points on 10 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Dante Cunningham, Quincy Pondexter, Lonnie Walker IV, Davis Bertans and Donatas Motiejunas (coach’s decision).
Nuggets90Spurs86ClickTap 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.
Nikola Jokić had 21 points (16 in the paint), 15 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Denver Nuggets beat the San Antonio Spurs 90-86 in Game 7 of the first round to advance to the Western Conference semifinals.
The Nuggets never trailed and led by as many as 17.
The Spurs got within 88-86 on Bryn Forbes’ driving dunk with 52 seconds to play, but Jamal Murray answered with a 14-foot floater, and the Spurs got no closer.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Spurs 4-3. Murray scored all 4 of the Nuggets’ points on 2 for 4 shooting.
Murray scored 23 points. Murray and Jokić set each other up for 8 baskets and 16 points.
For the Spurs, Rudy Gay had 21 points (12 in the paint) and 8 rebounds off the bench.
The Nuggets grabbed 13 offensive rebounds to the Spurs’ 8. The Spurs forced 6 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions.
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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
72 points from the field on 88 shots: 18.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-32 | 53.1% | 63% |
| In the paint | 11-28 | 39.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-8 | 62.5% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-3 | 33.3% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 1-17 | 5.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patty Mills | 21 | 8 | 4-6 | +2 |
| Derrick White | 19 | 6 | 2-7 | +1 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 4 | 9 | 4-9 | +8 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 8 | 3-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 46 | 11 | 4-16 | −4 |
| Jakob Poeltl | 17 | 10 | 5-10 | +4 |
| Patty Mills | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Forbes | 44 | 7 | 2-4 | −3 |
| Patty Mills | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Marco Belinelli | 7 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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
Murray 14' Driving Floating Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Jokic 10 AST)
Q4 0:37
21.9%
73→95
Forbes 1' Running Dunk (19 PTS) (Mills 5 AST)
Q4 0:52
20.0%
93→73
Murray 13' Driving Floating Jump Shot (21 PTS)
Q4 3:18
12.9%
79→92
DeRozan 8' Turnaround Fadeaway (12 PTS)
Q4 9:44
9.8%
92→82
Beasley Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
Q4 8:55
9.8%
82→92
