San Antonio Spurs vs. Denver Nuggets

Apr 9, 2021

FINAL

24-26San AntonioSpurs

119

34-18DenverNuggets

121

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
SAS	26	24	33	36	119
DEN	36	25	35	25	121

Game Recap

Led by Nikola Jokics 26 points (9-17 FG, 2-2 3pt FG), 13 rebounds and 14 assists, the Nuggets defeated the Spurs, 121-119, sweeping their two-game back-to-back series and earning their eighth consecutive win. This is Jokics 13th triple-double of the season and the 54th of his career. DeMar DeRozan tallied 24 points and 12 assists for the Spurs in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 34-18 on the season, while the Spurs fall to 24-26.

Player Stats

SPURS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10DeMar DeRozanSF	36	8-14	0-0	8-8	3	12	1	0	3	3	0	24
3Keldon JohnsonPF	26	6-10	1-1	2-2	4	2	0	0	1	5	+7	15
25Jakob PoeltlC	35	6-9	0-0	1-3	10	5	1	1	1	4	+1	13
5Dejounte MurraySG	31	5-17	1-5	1-1	7	4	3	0	2	2	+7	12
4Derrick WhitePG	34	9-16	3-7	4-5	1	3	3	1	0	2	+17	25
8Patty Mills	22	1-6	0-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	1	-12	2
22Rudy Gay	19	5-12	3-7	2-2	6	1	0	0	1	3	-11	15
1Lonnie Walker IV	17	2-6	1-3	3-3	0	2	1	0	0	0	-19	8
14Drew Eubanks	12	1-2	0-0	3-4	5	0	1	0	0	0	-2	5
24Devin Vassell	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	+2	0
33Tre Jones	— did not play —												— did not play —
19Luka Samanic	— did not play —												— did not play —
15Quinndary Weatherspoon	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	43-9346.2%	9-2733.3%	24-2885.7%	38	33	10	2	9	21	-	119

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	40	8-15	2-7	4-5	10	2	1	1	2	2	+6	22
50Aaron GordonPF	31	5-11	1-4	0-0	1	2	0	1	1	4	-7	11
15Nikola JokicC	38	9-17	2-2	6-6	13	14	1	0	6	4	+7	26
5Will BartonSG	36	6-11	2-4	3-3	1	5	1	0	2	3	-12	17
7Facundo CampazzoPG	23	1-2	1-2	6-6	1	4	1	0	0	0	-11	9
35PJ Dozier	19	4-8	1-2	0-1	5	2	0	0	1	1	+10	9
11Monte Morris	25	7-8	5-5	2-2	3	2	1	0	2	1	+14	21
4Paul Millsap	16	1-4	0-1	0-0	4	0	0	1	1	3	+8	2
34JaVale McGee	9	2-3	0-0	0-0	8	1	0	1	3	4	-5	4
10Bol Bol	— did not play —												— did not play —
31Vlatko Cancar	— did not play —												— did not play —
0JaMychal Green	— did not play —												— did not play —
00Markus Howard	— did not play —												— did not play —
22Zeke Nnaji	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	43-7954.4%	14-2751.9%	21-2391.3%	46	32	5	4	18	22	-	121

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterSASDEN

(11:57) Jump Ball Jokic vs. Poeltl: Tip to Gordon
+3 (11:49) Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Barton 1 AST)
03
+2 (11:34) Poeltl 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
23
+2 (11:12) Porter Jr. 16' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
25
(10:54) MISS Murray 11' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:51) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:40) Gordon 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Barton 2 AST)
28
+2 (10:19) Johnson 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (DeRozan 1 AST)
48
(10:13) Johnson P.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Green)
+2 (10:05) Jokic 4' Cutting Layup Shot (5 PTS) (Porter Jr. 1 AST)
410
(9:56) Porter Jr. P.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Green)
(9:42) MISS White 12' Fadeaway Jumper
(9:39) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:24) MISS Campazzo 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:21) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:11) DeRozan 1' Driving Dunk (2 PTS)
610
(8:48) MISS Porter Jr. 13' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(8:46) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:46) Johnson Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(8:37) MISS Barton 4' Driving Dunk
(8:37) White BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:34) Poeltl REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:25) Murray Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(8:25) Campazzo STEAL (1 STL)
(8:25) DeRozan S.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Kogut)
+1 (8:25) Campazzo Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
611
+1 (8:25) Campazzo Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
612
(8:11) Gordon S.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Kogut)
+1 (8:11) DeRozan Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
712
+1 (8:11) DeRozan Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
812
(8:01) Poeltl P.FOUL (P1.T3) (M.Kogut)
(7:53) MISS Porter Jr. 3PT Jump Shot
(7:50) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:34) Johnson 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
1012
+3 (7:24) Porter Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Campazzo 1 AST)
1015
(7:23) Spurs Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (7:08) DeRozan 16' Jump Shot (6 PTS) (White 1 AST)
1215
(6:49) MISS Jokic 16' Fadeaway Jumper
(6:46) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:35) MISS Murray 16' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(6:34) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:29) Johnson P.FOUL (P2.T4) (N.Green)
+3 (6:23) Jokic 27' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Campazzo 2 AST)
1218
(6:05) MISS Murray 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:03) Poeltl REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (6:02) Johnson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Poeltl 1 AST)
1518
(5:47) Jokic Traveling Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (5:31) Poeltl 3' Hook Shot (4 PTS) (DeRozan 2 AST)
1718
+2 (5:17) Gordon 3' Floating Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
1720
+2 (4:59) Gay 17' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (DeRozan 3 AST)
1920
(4:48) MISS Gordon 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:45) Mills REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:36) Mills Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(4:36) Barton STEAL (1 STL)
(4:34) White Personal Take Foul (P1.PN) (M.Kogut)
+1 (4:34) Campazzo Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1921
+1 (4:34) Campazzo Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
1922
(4:12) MISS DeRozan 17' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(4:09) Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (3:54) Dozier 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Gordon 2 AST)
1925
(3:32) MISS Gay 11' Pullup Jump Shot
(3:30) NUGGETS Rebound
+3 (3:16) Morris 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
1928
(3:13) Spurs Timeout: Regular (Reg.2 Short 0)
(2:55) MISS Mills 19' Pullup Jump Shot
(2:51) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (2:45) Porter Jr. 21' Pullup Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1930
+3 (2:26) Walker IV 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Gay 1 AST)
2230
(2:08) MISS Millsap 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:05) Gay REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:59) Poeltl 1' Dunk (6 PTS) (Walker IV 1 AST)
2430
+2 (1:38) Dozier 2' Reverse Layup (5 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
2432
+2 (1:22) DeRozan 19' Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Mills 1 AST)
2632
+2 (1:11) Morris 3' Driving Layup (5 PTS)
2634
(0:56) DeRozan Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(0:56) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:52) Millsap 2' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Porter Jr. 2 AST)
2636
(0:34) MISS Mills 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:31) Millsap REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:17) MISS Jokic 4' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(0:16) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(0:16) MISS Jokic 1' Tip Layup Shot
(0:16) DeRozan REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:06) Dozier Personal Take Foul (P1.T3) (E.Lewis)
(0:00) MISS Walker IV 20' Step Back Jump Shot
(0:00) Millsap REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

SAS

DEN

119Points121

43-93(46.2%)Field Goal(%)43-79(54.4%)

9-27(33.3%)3-Point(%)14-27(51.9%)

24-28(85.7%)Free Throw(%)21-23(91.3%)

38(11)Rebounds(Offensive)46(9)

33Assists32

10Steals5

2Blocks4

9Turnovers18

21Fouls22

62Pts In The Paint50

16Fast Break Pts17

30Pts Off Turnovers12

30Bench Pts36

0Largest Lead18

Game Details

Friday, April 9, 2021 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 3,750 (19.6%)