⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 42- A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 29
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their thirteen
- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 29
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q1 1:10 · SA 31-22 OKC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19
Q3 9:36 · SA 73-54 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 0:30 · SA 81-70 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 8
Q4 3:20 · SA 101-93 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 13 | Blocks | 9 |
