⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 24 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 sixteen threes to their three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 24-11 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 43 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q2 4:43 · OKC 36-47 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Damien Wilkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:26 · OKC 45-58 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 30
Q4 7:43 · OKC 72-102 SA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 43
Q4 3:02 · OKC 77-120 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 3 | Threes made | 16 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 10 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
