⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
+6Q135-30
+2Q231-31
-6Q314-21
-13Q424-35
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 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- Shot well above their usual, eleven of twenty from three
Key battles
4Threes made11
5Offensive rebounds13
31%Three-point accuracy55%
15Fast break points10
🏀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
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:14 · OKC 82-88 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q1 1:08 · OKC 35-32 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 34 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
