The San Antonio Spurs dropped to 5-5 on the season with a loss to the Denver Nuggets on the second night of a back-to-back. After a hard-fought loss at home on Friday night, the Spurs had to get on a plane and travel to Denver for a matchup just 24 hours later.
The game started relatively even as both teams’ offenses were scoring at will. The Spurs were attacking Nikola Jokic in the pick-and-roll which allowed Jakob Poeltl to score 8 quick points in the paint. On the other end, the Nuggets were targeting the Jamal Murray v Tre Jones matchup, and Jamal was having some success with 9 points early on.