⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 14 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, 11 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 fifteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen
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 2 down to 8 up
Q1 7:36 · SA 17-9 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q3 7:42 · SA 91-65 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 34
Q3 1:27 · SA 112-78 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 9:24 · SA 79-63 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 32 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 13 | Blocks | 2 |
