San Antonio Spurs 119, Denver Nuggets 121 — Recap

April 9, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): San Antonio Spurs 119, Denver Nuggets 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 SAS 26-36 DEN; Q2 SAS 24-25 DEN; Q3 SAS 33-35 DEN; Q4 SAS 36-25 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 26 points, 13 rebounds, 14 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Derrick White (SAS) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (SAS) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 12 assists on 8-of-14 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 22 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

26 PTS, 13 REB, 14 AST, 2 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · SAS

Derrick White

25 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · SAS

DeMar DeRozan

24 PTS, 3 REB, 12 AST · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Monte Morris · Season-high 5 threes

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
SAS	26	24	33	36		119
DEN	36	25	35	25		121

🧮 How They Scored

SASDEN

62Points in the paint50

16Fast-break points17

11Second-chance points8

30Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.1%Effective FG%63.3%

7.9%Turnover %16.8%

22.9%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.301Free-throw rate0.291

Box Score

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan G	37	24	3	12	1	0	3	8-14	0-0	8-8	0
Jakob Poeltl C	36	13	10	5	1	1	1	6-9	0-0	1-3	+1
Derrick White G	34	25	1	3	3	1	0	9-16	3-7	4-5	+17
Dejounte Murray G	32	12	7	4	3	0	2	5-17	1-5	1-1	+7
Keldon Johnson F	27	15	4	2	0	0	1	6-10	1-1	2-2	+7
Patty Mills G	22	2	1	3	0	0	1	1-6	0-3	0-0	-12
Rudy Gay F	19	15	6	1	0	0	1	5-12	3-7	2-2	-11
Lonnie Walker IV G	17	8	0	2	1	0	0	2-6	1-3	3-3	-19
Drew Eubanks F	12	5	5	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	3-4	-2
Devin Vassell G-F	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	40	22	10	2	1	1	2	8-15	2-7	4-5	+6
Nikola Jokic C	38	26	13	14	1	0	6	9-17	2-2	6-6	+7
Will Barton G	36	17	1	5	1	0	2	6-11	2-4	3-3	-12
Aaron Gordon F	31	11	1	2	0	1	1	5-11	1-4	0-0	-7
Monte Morris G	25	21	3	2	1	0	2	7-8	5-5	2-2	+14
Facundo Campazzo G	23	9	1	4	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	6-6	-11
PJ Dozier G-F	19	9	5	2	0	0	1	4-8	1-2	0-1	+10
Paul Millsap F	17	2	4	0	0	1	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	+8
JaVale McGee C	10	4	8	1	0	1	3	2-3	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Derrick White	Bench	34	25	68.7	21.7	+25.5	13.6
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	37	24	68.5	23.0	-1.7	13.9
Keldon Johnson	Bench	27	15	68.9	19.7	+18.2	7.8
Rudy Gay	Bench	19	15	58.2	31.1	-28.4	12.9
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	36	13	63.0	12.9	-0.4	8.2
Dejounte Murray	Bench	32	12	34.4	25.3	+10.8	6.4
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	17	8	54.6	17.9	-49.2	9.0
Drew Eubanks	Bench	12	5	66.5	13.8	-10.8	22.9
Patty Mills	Bench	22	2	16.7	13.2	-24.5	-0.9
Devin Vassell	Bench	4	0	0.0	12.5	+41.1	-3.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	38	26	66.2	30.2	+7.3	16.0
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	40	22	64.0	21.1	+2.7	11.1
Monte Morris	Bench	25	21	118.2	18.0	+27.8	18.8
Will Barton	Bench	36	17	69.0	17.1	-17.5	8.0
Aaron Gordon	Bench	31	11	50.0	17.4	-11.1	2.1
PJ Dozier	Bench	19	9	53.3	19.6	+32.3	9.7
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	23	9	97.0	9.6	-25.1	12.8
JaVale McGee	Bench	10	4	66.7	25.0	-18.8	17.3
Paul Millsap	Bench	17	2	25.0	12.5	+24.8	-0.7