The Spurs played their final home game before the Rodeo Road Trip against a Denver Nuggets squad playing their fourth game in five nights. A couple of throwback performances from the remaining members of the Big 3 and a balanced scoring attack led to an easy win and sent the Spurs off in style.
Both teams started the game shooting well, but Pop didn’t like his team’s transition defense and called a timeout after Jameer Nelson hit a three to give the Nuggets a 10-9 lead four minutes in. Nikola Jokic, who was coming off a triple-double, got his second foul with 4:48 left in the first quarter in the midst of an 8-0 run (led by six straight points from Tony Parker) that put the Spurs back on top, 18-14.