⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the second quarter- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 0:02 · OKC 35-34 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q4 3:27 · OKC 106-111 SA
- Steal
Theo Maledon stole it from Lonnie Walker IV
Q4 0:21 · OKC 106-111 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 8:26 · OKC 45-50 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q2 4:13 · OKC 54-70 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Lonnie Walker IV lost ball turnover
Q4 0:21 · OKC 106-111 SA
- Missed FT
Doug McDermott misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · OKC 106-112 SA
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 29 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
