⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rashard Lewis missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 9:14 · OKC 52-57 SA
- Technical
Vitaly Potapenko Technical Foul
Q4 5:52 · OKC 79-79 SA
- Missed FT
Gary Payton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:26 · OKC 81-82 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 5:31 · OKC 37-47 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 3:59 · OKC 81-91 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Duncan Bad Pass
Q4 0:16 · OKC 88-91 SA
- Turnover
Steve Smith Offensive Foul
Q4 0:05 · OKC 88-91 SA
- Turnover
Steve Smith Foul
Q4 0:05 · OKC 88-91 SA
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
