⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 22-9 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 1:00 · SA 56-44 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:07 · SA 89-88 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q3 1:31 · SA 74-69 OKC
- Winner
Brent Barry made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rashard Lewis.
Q4 0:04 · SA 90-91 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Reggie Evans Technical Foul
Q2 4:20 · SA 39-39 OKC
- Turnover
Gary Payton Traveling
Q4 3:16 · SA 87-79 OKC
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 13 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
