San Antonio’s Rudy Gay (24 points and 4 rebounds) and Derrick White (23 points and 7 assists) helped the team recover from a double digit deficit in the opening minutes. However, Nikola Jokic (25 points and 11 assists) and Michael Porter Jr. (30 points and 15 rebounds) helped Denver scorch the nets to 55% shooting (14-36 on 3-pointers) continue its recent success against San Antonio.
Observations
- Though it seemed to happen much longer ago, it was merely last May that San Antonio allowed Denver to blitz them 17-4 on the way to a brutal game seven loss in their first round series.