Denver Nuggets 111, San Antonio Spurs 123 — Recap

December 9, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 111, San Antonio Spurs 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 29-37 SAS; Q2 DEN 36-37 SAS; Q3 DEN 25-26 SAS; Q4 DEN 21-23 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Aaron Gordon (DEN) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-12 shooting; Derrick White (SAS) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 22 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Lonnie Walker IV (SAS) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Dejounte Murray (SAS) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Aaron Gordon

25 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST · 9-12 FG

Scoring · SAS

Derrick White

23 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

22 PTS, 13 REB, 10 AST, 2 3PM · 8-19 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	29	36	25	21		111
SAS	37	37	26	23		123

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAS

44Points in the paint58

12Fast-break points19

14Second-chance points20

18Points off turnovers7

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.7%Effective FG%60.8%

7.4%Turnover %11.7%

11.1%Offensive rebound %33.3%

0.138Free-throw rate0.250

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Gordon F	35	25	6	3	0	1	1	9-12	0-0	7-8	-4
Nikola Jokic C	35	22	13	10	2	1	2	8-19	2-8	4-4	-5
Will Barton G	34	19	3	4	2	0	3	8-16	3-7	0-0	-9
Monte Morris G	32	13	2	5	0	0	1	5-13	3-7	0-0	+1
Facundo Campazzo G	25	12	2	3	1	1	0	4-7	4-6	0-0	-13
Jeff Green F	23	4	1	1	0	1	0	2-5	0-0	0-0	+1
Nah'Shon Hyland G	14	5	1	1	1	0	0	2-10	1-4	0-0	-12
Davon Reed G	14	2	4	0	1	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-5
Zeke Nnaji F-C	14	0	0	2	0	1	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-7
JaMychal Green F	12	9	1	0	0	0	0	3-6	2-4	1-1	-7
Markus Howard G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Petr Cornelie F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White G	35	23	6	4	1	2	1	9-14	2-6	3-4	-3
Dejounte Murray G	35	20	8	9	1	0	5	7-16	3-8	3-4	+9
Keita Bates-Diop F	31	7	9	2	2	0	2	3-8	1-2	0-2	+4
Jakob Poeltl C	30	9	9	7	0	2	2	4-7	0-0	1-3	+5
Doug McDermott F	28	17	3	0	0	0	1	6-12	3-7	2-2	+12
Lonnie Walker IV G	26	21	4	3	0	0	0	7-12	3-5	4-4	+9
Drew Eubanks F	17	14	6	0	0	1	1	5-8	1-1	3-3	+7
Devin Vassell G-F	17	9	5	0	1	2	0	4-8	1-5	0-0	+8
Tre Jones G	13	0	2	5	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Bryn Forbes G	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1-3	1-1	0-0	+7
Thaddeus Young F	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Joshua Primo G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Aaron Gordon	Bench	35	25	80.5	19.0	-3.8	15.5
Nikola Jokic	Bench	35	22	53.0	29.5	-5.3	18.7
Will Barton	Bench	34	19	59.4	25.3	-11.2	8.7
Monte Morris	Bench	32	13	50.0	19.4	+1.6	5.6
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	25	12	85.7	12.7	-25.0	14.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	12	9	69.9	20.7	-21.3	11.5
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	14	5	25.0	28.6	-38.7	-5.2
Jeff Green	Bench	23	4	40.0	9.4	+5.1	-2.2
Davon Reed	Bench	14	2	25.0	12.1	-19.2	7.9
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	14	0	0.0	9.4	-19.6	-2.4
Markus Howard	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Petr Cornelie	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

San Antonio SpursTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Derrick White	Bench	35	23	73.0	20.2	-4.2	15.6
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	26	21	76.3	23.7	+18.2	18.7
Dejounte Murray	Bench	35	20	56.3	27.7	+14.3	10.9
Doug McDermott	Bench	28	17	66.0	20.9	+21.4	8.1
Drew Eubanks	Bench	17	14	75.1	24.4	+21.1	24.1
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	30	9	54.1	14.5	+8.6	7.1
Devin Vassell	Bench	17	9	56.3	20.0	+25.8	12.6
Keita Bates-Diop	Bench	31	7	39.4	14.5	+4.4	4.5
Bryn Forbes	Bench	6	3	50.0	21.4	+59.3	11.5
Tre Jones	Bench	13	0	0.0	3.1	+10.7	8.8
Thaddeus Young	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.7
Joshua Primo	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0