⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 25-14 off them- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 7:43 · SA 42-42 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 2:35 · SA 81-72 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 0:31 · SA 94-76 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 5:20 · SA 71-70 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
