⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
+8Q125-19
+4Q221-20
+3Q326-23
+10Q441-32
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 21-4 off them
Key battles
21Points off turnovers4
12Turnovers20
29Free throws made20
46%Three-point accuracy33%
🏀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
- Technical
Danny Fortson Technical Foul
Q2 5:30 · OKC 40-28 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Emmanuel Ginobili missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 5:30 · OKC 40-28 SA
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 15 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
