⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:30 · OKC 9-0 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 8:02 · OKC 9-10 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 10:27 · OKC 23-34 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q3 4:05 · OKC 50-75 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
