⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q4 7:37 · OKC 73-87 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 1 | Threes made | 7 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
