⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 8 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, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the second 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 3:45 · SA 20-30 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q2 10:37 · SA 28-47 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 3:35 · SA 72-93 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 9 | Threes made | 18 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 30 | Assists | 36 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 11 | Blocks | 8 |
