⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their ten
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 38
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 6-point lead to 16
Q2 1:45 · SA 60-44 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q3 10:22 · SA 71-48 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 4:48 · SA 16-9 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q1 3:06 · SA 24-26 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 11:19 · SA 31-34 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
