⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 1:21 · SA 82-85 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Gregg Popovich technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 7:01 · SA 62-69 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 3:21 · SA 43-55 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 2:12 · SA 50-63 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
