⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 0:12 · SA 29-39 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antonio Daniels missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 9:56 · SA 29-35 OKC
- Turnover
Ray Allen Out of Bounds
Q4 4:07 · SA 83-90 OKC
- Technical
Jerome James Technical Foul. James's 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 2:50 · SA 83-93 OKC
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
