San Antonio Spurs 96, Denver Nuggets 102 — Recap

October 22, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): San Antonio Spurs 96, Denver Nuggets 102. Scoring by quarter: Q1 SAS 22-26 DEN; Q2 SAS 28-27 DEN; Q3 SAS 20-26 DEN; Q4 SAS 26-23 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 32 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-19 shooting; Keldon Johnson (SAS) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists on 12-of-18 shooting; Derrick White (SAS) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-13 shooting; Dejounte Murray (SAS) 15 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Jakob Poeltl (SAS) 15 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

32 PTS, 16 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 14-19 FG

Scoring · SAS

Keldon Johnson

27 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST · 12-18 FG

Scoring · SAS

Derrick White

16 PTS, 2 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 5-13 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
SAS	22	28	20	26		96
DEN	26	27	26	23		102

🧮 How They Scored

SASDEN

54Points in the paint58

7Fast-break points17

9Second-chance points6

20Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.2%Effective FG%56.4%

18.2%Turnover %19.0%

17.5%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.167Free-throw rate0.093

Box Score

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keldon Johnson F	37	27	4	2	3	0	1	12-18	0-2	3-4	+6
Derrick White G	37	16	2	8	2	2	2	5-13	2-7	4-4	+1
Dejounte Murray G	35	15	9	6	2	0	4	7-18	1-4	0-0	+2
Doug McDermott F	31	5	3	1	0	0	2	2-6	1-4	0-0	-6
Jakob Poeltl C	26	15	8	1	1	0	3	7-9	0-0	1-2	+15
Devin Vassell G-F	20	6	4	1	2	0	0	2-7	1-3	1-2	-22
Lonnie Walker IV G	20	6	4	2	1	0	1	2-6	1-2	1-2	-14
Drew Eubanks F	13	4	4	2	0	0	3	2-2	0-0	0-0	-11
Bryn Forbes G	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	+7
Thaddeus Young F	9	2	0	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	-10
Tre Jones G	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	34	32	16	7	3	1	6	14-19	2-2	2-3	+14
Will Barton G	32	12	7	6	0	0	0	5-13	2-4	0-0	+12
Aaron Gordon F	30	8	5	1	0	0	3	3-6	0-1	2-2	+5
Monte Morris G	29	13	2	1	1	0	4	6-12	1-5	0-0	0
Michael Porter Jr. F	27	7	1	0	1	0	1	3-10	1-5	0-0	0
PJ Dozier G-F	21	7	2	3	0	0	0	3-6	1-3	0-1	+6
Facundo Campazzo G	19	8	4	4	1	1	1	4-8	0-3	0-0	+6
Jeff Green F	18	2	1	2	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-1
Austin Rivers G	16	3	1	1	1	0	1	1-4	0-2	1-2	-6
JaMychal Green F	14	10	2	1	3	0	4	4-5	2-3	0-0	-6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Keldon Johnson	Bench	37	27	68.3	24.1	+10.1	18.5
Derrick White	Bench	37	16	54.2	20.5	+3.7	14.1
Dejounte Murray	Bench	35	15	41.7	26.8	+2.6	9.8
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	26	15	75.9	21.7	+29.7	15.1
Devin Vassell	Bench	20	6	38.1	17.4	-49.6	7.5
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	20	6	43.6	17.4	-27.2	10.1
Doug McDermott	Bench	31	5	41.7	10.8	-5.9	2.8
Drew Eubanks	Bench	13	4	100.0	17.9	-40.7	4.5
Thaddeus Young	Bench	9	2	33.3	21.7	-47.6	-6.6
Tre Jones	Bench	1	0	0.0	33.3	+66.7	-100.0
Bryn Forbes	Bench	10	0	0.0	12.5	+28.8	-2.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	34	32	78.7	31.7	+17.9	32.5
Monte Morris	Bench	29	13	54.2	22.2	-3.1	5.2
Will Barton	Bench	32	12	46.2	16.7	+15.9	13.1
JaMychal Green	Bench	14	10	100.0	30.0	-20.0	16.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	30	8	58.1	13.3	+4.8	2.0
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	19	8	50.0	21.4	+16.7	15.3
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	27	7	35.0	16.4	-3.4	-3.1
PJ Dozier	Bench	21	7	54.3	12.0	+13.0	11.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	16	3	30.7	18.8	-12.5	0.0
Jeff Green	Bench	18	2	33.3	10.0	+2.2	2.8