⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 26- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q3 6:48 · SA 80-58 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Stephen Jackson and Serge Ibaka
Q3 0:00 · SA 92-76 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 4:31 · SA 80-66 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
