"We turned the ball over is what went wrong," Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. "The ball got to Nikola and Jamal (Murray) playing the two-man game. And Nikola had the ball and he tried to make a play, and they were able to get the steal. I can't remember how many times I've seen us do that on the last possession where you're down."
Spurs interim coach Mitch Johnson credited his team's composure. "I thought every time they had us on the ropes, I thought we kind of composed ourselves and fought ourselves back into the game, which was nice to see."
Wembanyama, who turns 21 on Saturday, now has three career 35-point, 15-rebound games, breaking a tie with Shaquille O'Neal for the second-most such games in NBA history before a player's 21st birthday. John Drew leads the way with four.
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