⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth 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, 54 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 18-7 off them
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the third quarter
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 took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 1:04 · SA 50-43 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q3 10:22 · SA 62-49 OKC
- Ties it
Tony Parker hit a 16-foot two point shot
Q4 1:35 · SA 90-90 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kawhi Leonard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:16 · SA 85-82 OKC
- Missed FT
Tony Parker misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:43 · SA 91-92 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 4:09 · SA 72-69 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 3:34 · SA 88-90 OKC
- Lead
Enes Kanter hit a tip shot
Q4 1:45 · SA 88-90 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Durant bad pass
Q4 4:05 · SA 86-82 OKC
- Turnover
Russell Westbrook bad pass
Q4 1:27 · SA 90-90 OKC
- Turnover
Kevin Durant lost ball turnover
Q4 0:29 · SA 91-92 OKC
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
