The Spurs beat the Nuggets for the twelfth time in their last thirteen meetings and for the eighth-straight time at home on Thursday night. No surprise there, the last time the Nuggets left the AT&T Center with a win was way back in Kawhi Leonard’s rookie season in a game in early March of 2012 when the Spurs’ starting lineup included Richard Jefferson and DeJuan Blair.
Both teams were short handed in this game, with the Nuggets missing Darrell Arthur, Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler and Gary Harris while the Spurs were without Tony Parker, who was out with left foot pain, and Pau Gasol.