⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 in the second quarter- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 16-7 off them
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 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 2:47 · OKC 56-71 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 10:15 · OKC 1-11 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 4:22 · OKC 7-20 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q2 2:34 · OKC 27-51 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasho Nesterovic Technical Foul
Q3 10:34 · OKC 29-51 SA
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 13 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
