⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 24- Went cold from three, five of nineteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 8:42 · SA 11-8 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q4 10:33 · SA 77-69 OKC
- Ties it
Tony Parker hit a 24-foot three jumper (Boris Diaw assists )
Q4 0:28 · SA 84-84 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Stephen Jackson and Serge Ibaka
Q2 6:05 · SA 34-34 OKC
- Turnover
Boris Diaw traveling
Q4 3:50 · SA 80-77 OKC
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:12 · SA 81-80 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 8:03 · SA 80-80 OKC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Serge Ibaka FlagrantFoulType1 (Boris Diaw draws the foul )
Q3 9:38 · SA 46-46 OKC
- Turnover
Russell Westbrook bad pass
Q4 0:07 · SA 84-84 OKC
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
