⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 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- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 24-13 off them
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q1 1:00 · SA 27-29 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 2:47 · SA 76-77 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 7:09 · SA 84-85 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:48 · SA 2-9 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dion Waiters bad pass
Q4 0:01 · SA 97-98 OKC
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
