Game completed

Denver Nuggets41-26136atSan Antonio Spurs48-18131

Thu, Mar 12, 9:00 PM EDTFrost Bank Center, San Antonio, TXAltitude · FanDuel Sports Network - Southwest

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
DEN	25	28	41	42	136
SAS	37	32	37	25	131

Denver Nuggets

136

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron JohnsonSF	31	15	5	1	0	0	0	6-8	1-2	2-2	+8
Spencer JonesPF	33	19	4	2	2	2	0	8-13	3-6	0-0	+14
Nikola JokićC	39	31	20	12	3	2	3	9-17	2-6	11-11	+8
Christian BraunSG	38	11	9	2	1	0	1	3-11	2-7	3-4	+22
Jamal MurrayPG	40	39	2	7	1	0	4	11-21	2-6	15-15	+13
Tim Hardaway Jr.	19	1	2	1	0	0	2	0-4	0-3	1-2	-4
Bruce Brown	17	6	1	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	2-2	-6
Julian Strawther	15	10	2	1	1	0	0	4-6	2-4	0-0	-11
Tyus Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Jonas Valančiūnas	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	2-2	-8
Team		136	50	27	8	4	10	44-88	12-36	36-38

DNP: Zeke Nnaji, Jalen Pickett, David Roddy, Aaron Gordon (injury), DaRon Holmes II (gleague on assignment), Curtis Jones (gleague twoway), KJ Simpson (gleague twoway), Peyton Watson (injury)

San Antonio Spurs

131

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin VassellSF	32	18	1	3	2	0	1	5-14	4-10	4-5	-10
Julian ChampagniePF	23	8	7	1	0	0	1	3-7	2-4	0-0	-3
Luke KornetC	25	0	3	0	2	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
De'Aaron FoxSG	36	27	3	9	1	0	4	10-19	4-10	3-6	-5
Stephon CastlePG	35	30	11	10	0	0	2	7-15	4-8	12-13	-11
Dylan Harper	24	13	5	5	0	1	1	6-12	1-3	0-0	+9
Keldon Johnson	22	5	7	3	0	1	0	2-12	1-5	0-0	-2
Carter Bryant	9	10	3	1	0	0	0	4-6	1-2	1-1	+7
Harrison Barnes	27	20	7	1	1	0	1	6-10	2-5	6-7	+1
Mason Plumlee	8	0	2	1	2	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Team		131	57	34	8	4	10	43-95	19-47	26-32

DNP: Bismack Biyombo, Jordan McLaughlin, Kelly Olynyk, Lindy Waters III, Harrison Ingram (gleague twoway), David Jones Garcia (gleague twoway), Emanuel Miller (gleague twoway), Victor Wembanyama (injury)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · SAS: 20
Biggest lead · DEN: 9
Times tied: 0
Lead changes: 1
Longest run · DEN: 14

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Rest edge: SASTravel tax: DEN3 in 4: DEN

SAS has the rest edge with 1 day and 49h between games.
DEN is carrying the heavier travel load at 805 mi from its previous stop.
DEN is playing into a 3 in 4 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
DEN is in game 1 of 2 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	SAS
Record	41-26	48-18
Days rest	B2B	1 day
Hours rest	23h	49h
Rest swing	-26h	+26h
Travel in	805 mi	0 mi
Zone change	+1h	0h
Body clock	1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 2	Homestand · 5 of 6
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	B2B3 in 4	—

How each side got here

Travel and map

DEN

805 mi

Denver, COSan Antonio, TX

DEN came from Denver, CO with 805 mi of travel and +1h of time-zone change.

Denver, CO to San Antonio, TX

SAS

0 mi

San Antonio, TXNo travel

SAS stayed in San Antonio, TX between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in San Antonio, TX

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

DEN

Road trip

DEN is on game 1 of 2 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles2,011 mi

SAS

Homestand

SAS is in game 5 of 6 on this homestand.

Game in segment5 of 6

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

Local TV: DENAltitudeSASFanDuel Sports Network - Southwestin-market
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Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMSiriusXMSASWOAI/KXTN

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