Denver 111, San Antonio 116
Opening Round - Denver wins 3-2
HemisFair Arena (San Antonio, Texas)
Attendance: 8,621
Officials: Mike Mathis, Earl Strom
Team Rebounds: Denver (0) San Antonio (0)
Technicals: Denver (0) San Antonio (0)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN (52-30) | 22 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 111 |
| SAN (41-41) | 32 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 116 |
| Advanced | Poss | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 103 | 107.9 | 112.8 |
| SAN | 103 | 112.8 | 107.9 |
| Four Factors | eFG% | TO% | OR% | FTR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | .418 | 0.126 | 0.432 | 0.309 |
| SAN | .657 | 0.233 | 0.171 | 0.343 |
Denver Nuggets
| # | Player | Status | Pos | Min | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | FIC | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | PF | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Wayne Cooper | Played | C | - | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -0.8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | T.R. Dunn | Played | SG | - | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Alex English | Played | SF | - | 10-23 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 10.9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| 12 | Fat Lever | Played | PG | - | 3-12 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 9.2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 33 | Calvin Natt | Played | SF | - | 10-17 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 16.1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 5 | Mike Evans | Played | PG | - | 2-7 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 24 | Bill Hanzlik | Played | SF | - | 4-7 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 13.2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 44 | Dan Issel | Played | PF | - | 6-14 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 8.5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 21 | Elston Turner | Played | SG | - | 4-6 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 10.0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Team | |||||||||||||||||
| 240 | 40-97 | 1-6 | 30-34 | 89.8 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 111 | ||||
| 41.2% | 16.7% | 88.2% |
San Antonio Spurs
| # | Player | Status | Pos | Min | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | FIC | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | PF | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | George Gervin | Played | SF | - | 4-9 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 53 | Artis Gilmore | Played | C | - | 6-10 | 0-0 | 6-10 | 12.5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 32 | Marc Iavaroni | Played | PF | - | 5-7 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 34 | Mike Mitchell | Played | SF | - | 17-21 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 28.0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
| 00 | Johnny Moore | Played | PG | - | 7-10 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 32.5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 45 | Jeff Cook | Played | C | - | 3-4 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 6.0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Ozell Jones | Played | C | - | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Billy Knight | Played | SF | - | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | John Paxson | Played | PG | - | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 22 | David Thirdkill | Played | SF | - | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | |||||||||||||||||
| 240 | 46-70 | 0-3 | 24-35 | 123.4 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 33 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 116 | ||||
| 65.7% | 0.0% | 68.6% |