⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty- A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18 in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 6:07 · OKC 38-42 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 4:03 · OKC 48-44 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up
Q1 5:15 · OKC 16-27 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q3 8:17 · OKC 59-67 SA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18
Q4 7:56 · OKC 78-96 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
