⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their nine
- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 25, and were outscored 23-13 off them
- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 38
- A 19-0 run took them from 3 down to 16 up in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 1:36 · OKC 33-25 SA
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 3 down to 16 up
Q2 2:32 · OKC 64-48 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 34
Q4 10:04 · OKC 104-70 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Victor Wembanyama technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:58 · OKC 39-37 SA
- Technical
Jeremy Sochan flopping technical foul
Q2 1:17 · OKC 53-48 SA
- Flagrant
Jeremy Sochan flagrant foul type 1
Q4 6:48 · OKC 104-73 SA
📊The numbers
| OKC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 34 | Assists | 24 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 31 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
