San Antonio Spurs at Denver Nuggets
· National Basketball AssociationJokic scores 40, outduels Wembanyama and Nuggets top Spurs 136-134 in OT
Cameron Johnson scored 17, Jamal Murray finished with 15 points and 10 assists and Aaron Gordon scored 15 for the Nuggets.
Gordon scored with 6.2 seconds left in regulation to tie the game, then forced Victor Wembanyama into a miss on the final shot of regulation.
Wembanyama finished with 34 points, 18 rebounds, seven assists and five blocked shots for the Spurs, who lost for only the third time in their last 30 games.
Stephon Castle scored 20 points for San Antonio, while Devin Vassell and Julian Champagnie each scored 18 for the Spurs.
Castle’s three-point play midway through the second quarter put the Spurs up 57-44, that 13-point margin the biggest that they would hold all afternoon.
Wembanyama scored with 9:08 remaining to put San Antonio up 107-96. The Spurs were 48-2 this season in games where they held double-digit leads in the fourth quarter.
They’re 48-3 now — with two of those losses against the Nuggets, who rallied from a 13-point deficit in the fourth to beat San Antonio on March 12.
Denver held San Antonio to 33% shooting the rest of the way, outscoring the Spurs 40-27 in the final 14 minutes of the game including overtime.
Jokic had 16 of his points in those final 14 minutes, while Denver held Wembanyama to 1 for 4 shooting in that span.
Nuggets: Host Portland on Monday.
Regular Season Series
DEN leads series 2-1
Recent Plays
| 5th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 134 - 136 |
| 5th 0.0 | |
End of the 1st Overtime | 134 - 136 |
| 5th 0.0 | |
(00:00) [Spurs] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (REPLAY SUPPORTS CALL) | 134 - 136 |
| 5th 0.0 |  |
Dylan Harper makes 35-foot three point shot (De'Aaron Fox assists) | 134 - 136 |
| 5th 3.4 |  |
Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2 | 131 - 136 |
Statistics
 SA |
 DEN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 47-101 | FG | 49-101 |
| 47 | Field Goal % | 49 |
| 15-45 | 3PT | 19-46 |
| 33 | Three Point % | 41 |
| 25-27 | FT | 19-22 |
| 93 | Free Throw % | 86 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 38 | Defensive Rebounds | 36 |
| 29 | Assists | 34 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 6 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 2 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 2 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 19 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Fast Break Points | 18 |
| 54 | Points in Paint | 42 |
| 22 | Fouls | 22 |
| 13 | Largest Lead | 5 |
| 6 | Lead Changes | 6 |
| 87 | Percent Led | 10 |
Denver Nuggets Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Diallo, F | Out | Oct 30 |
| Spencer Jones, F | Out | Oct 27 |
| Julian Strawther, G | Out | Oct 16 |
San Antonio Spurs Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Stephon Castle, G | Day-To-Day | Oct 31 |
| Tobias Harris, F | Out | Oct 30 |
| Jayden Quaintance, F | Out | Oct 5 |
Game Information
Location: Denver, CO
Attendance: 20,039 · Capacity:
2026-27 Southwest Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Memphis |
5 | 0 | 1.000 | - | W5 |
 Houston |
5 | 1 | .833 | 0.5 | L1 |
 Dallas |
4 | 2 | .667 | 1.5 | W3 |
 San Antonio |
3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | W3 |
 New Orleans |
1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | W1 |
2026-27 Northwest Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Oklahoma City |
- | 1 | L1 | 0.8 | 4 |
 Portland |
0.5 | 1 | L1 | 0.75 | 3 |
 Minnesota |
0.5 | 2 | W1 | 0.6666667 | 4 |
 Denver |
1 | 2 | W2 | 0.6 | 3 |
 Utah |
3 | 4 | L3 | 0.2 | 1 |
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