⏱️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. A much higher 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, 6 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 eleven threes to their four- A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:37 · OKC 8-0 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Delonte West bad pass
Q4 4:39 · OKC 97-101 SA
- Missed FT
Chris Wilcox misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:15 · OKC 101-107 SA
- Turnover
Kevin Durant bad pass
Q4 1:30 · OKC 101-109 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:27 · OKC 30-38 SA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up
Q2 0:04 · OKC 64-76 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 1:50 · OKC 101-116 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
