⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 25 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 8:15 · SA 66-57 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 2:39 · SA 84-63 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 30
Q3 0:54 · SA 95-65 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
