⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the second 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q3 5:26 · OKC 56-67 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Vladimir Radmanovic Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 1:45 · OKC 79-98 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q2 2:36 · OKC 34-52 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
