San Antonio Spurs 116, Denver Nuggets 97 — Recap

April 5, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): San Antonio Spurs 116, Denver Nuggets 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 SAS 32-30 DEN; Q2 SAS 32-14 DEN; Q3 SAS 21-35 DEN; Q4 SAS 31-18 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 41 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 18-of-35 shooting; Keldon Johnson (SAS) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Devin Vassell (SAS) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 18 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-16 shooting; Josh Richardson (SAS) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

41 PTS, 17 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 18-35 FG

Scoring · SAS

Keldon Johnson

20 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · SAS

Devin Vassell

20 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Aaron Gordon · Season-high 13 rebounds

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	32	32	21	31		116
DEN	30	14	35	18		97

🧮 How They Scored

SASDEN

54Points in the paint56

13Fast-break points17

9Second-chance points12

17Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.2%Effective FG%45.4%

9.1%Turnover %9.6%

10.9%Offensive rebound %18.9%

0.270Free-throw rate0.122

Box Score

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keldon Johnson F	34	20	8	3	0	0	1	8-15	2-7	2-3	+15
Devin Vassell G-F	34	20	8	4	1	1	1	7-14	4-6	2-2	+15
Tre Jones G	33	14	4	10	1	1	0	5-11	0-1	4-6	+8
Josh Richardson G-F	25	18	2	1	2	0	1	6-11	4-5	2-2	+12
Zach Collins F-C	25	13	7	3	1	0	1	6-11	0-0	1-1	+20
Joshua Primo G	25	3	4	4	0	1	1	1-6	0-1	1-2	+18
Jakob Poeltl C	23	14	8	3	0	0	3	5-7	0-0	4-8	-1
Lonnie Walker IV G	20	6	3	3	1	0	0	2-8	2-4	0-0	0
Keita Bates-Diop F	17	8	3	0	0	0	2	4-5	0-1	0-0	+2
Joe Wieskamp G-F	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+6

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	40	41	17	4	2	0	2	18-35	1-5	4-6	-11
Will Barton G	40	9	4	6	0	0	0	3-12	3-8	0-0	-11
Aaron Gordon F	35	18	13	2	1	2	2	8-16	0-3	2-4	-14
Monte Morris G	34	4	6	3	0	0	1	2-9	0-5	0-0	-17
Austin Rivers G	33	8	1	1	1	0	3	3-6	2-4	0-0	-18
Nah'Shon Hyland G	18	7	2	4	0	0	0	3-7	1-5	0-0	-7
Davon Reed G	13	4	1	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-1	0-0	-5
JaMychal Green F	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5
DeMarcus Cousins C	8	4	5	0	0	0	2	1-7	0-2	2-2	-8
Bryn Forbes G	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 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	34	20	61.3	22.1	+20.5	12.5
Devin Vassell	Bench	34	20	67.2	19.5	+20.3	18.7
Josh Richardson	Bench	25	18	75.8	21.1	+27.8	13.2
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	23	14	66.5	27.5	-4.0	14.7
Tre Jones	Bench	33	14	51.3	17.9	+9.8	16.1
Zach Collins	Bench	25	13	56.8	19.7	+37.0	12.9
Keita Bates-Diop	Bench	17	8	80.0	16.3	+5.3	6.8
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	20	6	37.5	16.3	-2.7	6.3
Joshua Primo	Bench	25	3	21.8	14.3	+31.9	4.7
Joe Wieskamp	Bench	3	0	0.0	11.1	+85.7	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	40	41	54.5	40.2	-13.8	21.4
Aaron Gordon	Bench	35	18	50.7	23.3	-19.4	13.9
Will Barton	Bench	40	9	37.5	12.5	-12.9	4.5
Austin Rivers	Bench	33	8	66.7	11.1	-26.9	0.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	18	7	50.0	15.9	-18.4	11.4
Monte Morris	Bench	34	4	22.2	12.2	-24.5	0.0
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	8	4	25.4	50.0	-45.8	-15.8
Davon Reed	Bench	13	4	66.7	12.9	-10.3	5.4
Bryn Forbes	Bench	7	2	50.0	11.1	+13.8	6.1
JaMychal Green	Bench	13	0	0.0	3.2	-11.1	1.0