San Antonio Spurs vs. Denver Nuggets

Apr 7, 2021

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
SAS	32	18	24	22	96
DEN	30	24	27	25	106

Game Recap

The Nuggets defeated the Spurs, 106-96. Nikola Jokic led the way for the Nuggets with 25 points (11-18 FG), nine rebounds and 10 assists in 30 minutes of play, while Dejounte Murray tallied 18 points, five rebounds and six assists for the Spurs in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 33-18 on the season, while the Spurs fall to 24-25.

Player Stats

SPURS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10DeMar DeRozanSF	30	5-13	0-0	4-6	4	4	2	0	4	1	-3	14
3Keldon JohnsonPF	26	3-5	0-1	2-4	4	2	2	0	1	1	+3	8
25Jakob PoeltlC	27	2-4	0-0	0-0	5	5	2	0	2	3	+5	4
5Dejounte MurraySG	28	8-18	2-4	0-0	5	6	2	0	0	1	-1	18
4Derrick WhitePG	29	7-15	1-7	3-3	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	18
8Patty Mills	25	4-8	2-6	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	2	-29	12
22Rudy Gay	21	2-10	0-3	0-0	8	1	1	0	2	4	-22	4
24Devin Vassell	15	1-3	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	-9	3
7Gorgui Dieng	9	1-4	0-2	1-2	2	0	1	0	1	1	-13	3
14Drew Eubanks	10	1-2	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	1	0	0	-2	3
33Tre Jones	5	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	+7	0
15Quinndary Weatherspoon	5	3-4	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	+7	7
19Luka Samanic	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	1	+7	2


TOTAL	-	38-9141.8%	6-2425.0%	14-2166.7%	42	23	11	4	14	19	-	96

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	31	7-14	1-3	3-3	10	1	1	1	1	3	+3	18
50Aaron GordonPF	24	4-8	0-2	1-1	2	3	2	1	2	3	+2	9
15Nikola JokicC	30	11-18	0-2	3-4	9	10	1	0	6	0	+5	25
5Will BartonSG	30	3-13	2-7	6-6	4	5	2	0	1	1	+15	14
7Facundo CampazzoPG	27	2-7	2-5	0-0	5	2	0	0	2	3	-2	6
35PJ Dozier	28	2-6	1-2	3-6	7	1	2	0	0	0	+25	8
11Monte Morris	18	3-7	1-2	0-0	1	4	1	1	3	2	+18	7
0JaMychal Green	19	4-7	1-2	0-0	5	0	1	0	0	1	+15	9
34JaVale McGee	13	3-6	0-0	1-2	8	0	0	1	1	3	+15	7
00Markus Howard	3	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-10	2
10Bol Bol	3	0-2	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	2	0	1	-10	1
31Vlatko Cancar	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-10	0
22Zeke Nnaji	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-10	0
12Gary Clark	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6	0
3Greg Whittington	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	40-9144.0%	8-2630.8%	18-2475.0%	53	26	10	6	17	18	-	106

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterSASDEN

(11:57) Jump Ball Jokic vs. Poeltl: Tip to Gordon
+2 (11:43) Jokic 6' Turnaround Hook Shot (2 PTS)
02
(11:24) Gordon P.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.DeRosa)
+3 (11:20) White 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
32
+2 (11:05) Gordon 1' Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
34
(10:53) MISS Murray 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:51) Campazzo REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:44) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:44) Johnson STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:41) Johnson 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
54
+2 (10:30) Barton 13' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
56
+2 (10:12) Johnson 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS) (DeRozan 1 AST)
76
(9:57) MISS Gordon 7' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(9:55) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:41) White 2' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
96
(9:33) MISS Barton 3' Driving Layup
(9:32) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:25) MISS White 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:22) Poeltl REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (9:20) Murray 8' Fadeaway Jumper (2 PTS) (Poeltl 1 AST)
116
(9:20) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+3 (9:08) Barton 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
119
(8:46) MISS DeRozan 3' Driving Layup
(8:43) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:39) Johnson P.FOUL (P1.T1) (S.Wright)
+2 (8:28) Jokic 6' Turnaround Hook Shot (4 PTS)
1111
(8:11) MISS White 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(8:09) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:08) Porter Jr. Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(7:54) MISS White 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:49) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(7:44) MISS Barton 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:41) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(7:39) MISS Porter Jr. 12' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(7:36) White REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:26) Murray 12' Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Poeltl 2 AST)
1311
(6:59) Jokic Kicked Ball Violation Turnover (P2.T3)
(6:43) MISS Murray 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:39) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:31) Jokic 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (6 PTS) (Porter Jr. 1 AST)
1313
+2 (6:06) Johnson 2' Driving Reverse Layup (6 PTS)
1513
(5:47) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T4)
(5:47) Murray STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (5:40) DeRozan 3' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
1713
+2 (5:32) Jokic 2' Running Layup (8 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
1715
(5:32) Poeltl S.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.DeRosa)
+1 (5:32) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (9 PTS)
1716
(5:21) Gordon S.FOUL (P2.T2) (J.Van Duyne)
(5:21) MISS DeRozan Free Throw 1 of 2
(5:21) Spurs Rebound
+1 (5:21) DeRozan Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
1816
(5:08) MISS Jokic 17' Jump Shot
(5:06) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:00) MISS Johnson 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:58) Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (4:54) Porter Jr. 22' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1818
+2 (4:38) White 3' Layup (7 PTS) (Poeltl 3 AST)
2018
(4:38) Porter Jr. S.FOUL (P1.T3) (S.Wright)
+1 (4:38) White Free Throw 1 of 1 (8 PTS)
2118
(4:27) MISS Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:24) Gay REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:19) MISS DeRozan 15' Pullup Jump Shot
(4:16) NUGGETS Rebound
(4:05) MISS Green 7' Turnaround Hook Shot
(4:02) DeRozan REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (3:55) Mills 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Gay 1 AST)
2418
(3:43) MISS Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:41) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
+2 (3:31) Porter Jr. 1' Driving Dunk (4 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
2420
(3:31) Spurs Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(3:18) MISS Gay 23' Jump Shot
(3:12) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (3:04) Jokic 6' Floating Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
2422
(2:44) MISS Gay 15' Pullup Jump Shot
(2:42) Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:39) MISS Morris 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(2:36) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:3 Def:3)
+2 (2:36) Porter Jr. 2' Putback Layup (6 PTS)
2424
(2:20) MISS Gay 3PT Jump Shot
(2:18) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:3 Def:4)
+2 (2:09) Porter Jr. 3' Reverse Layup (8 PTS) (Jokic 5 AST)
2426
+2 (1:52) DeRozan 2' Cutting Layup Shot (5 PTS) (Poeltl 4 AST)
2626
(1:36) MISS Porter Jr. 6' Turnaround Jump Shot
(1:34) Gay REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (1:28) Gay 19' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2826
(1:15) MISS Dozier 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(1:13) Gay REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (1:00) Mills 3' Driving Reverse Layup (5 PTS)
3026
(1:00) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
+2 (0:41) Green 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Morris 2 AST)
3028
(0:25) MISS Murray 7' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:25) Morris BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:25) Spurs Rebound
+2 (0:24) Dieng 13' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Murray 3 AST)
3228
(0:08) Dieng P.FOUL (P1.T3) (S.Wright)
(0:01) MISS McGee 11' Floating Jump Shot
(0:01) Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (0:00) Green Tip Dunk Shot (4 PTS)
3230

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

SAS

DEN

96Points106

38-91(41.8%)Field Goal(%)40-91(44.0%)

6-24(25.0%)3-Point(%)8-26(30.8%)

14-21(66.7%)Free Throw(%)18-24(75.0%)

42(11)Rebounds(Offensive)53(12)

23Assists26

11Steals10

4Blocks6

14Turnovers17

19Fouls18

54Pts In The Paint52

4Fast Break Pts18

13Pts Off Turnovers17

34Bench Pts34

10Largest Lead20

Game Details

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 3,715 (19.5%)