⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 nineteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 39 from three
- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 22
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 2:10 · SA 132-118 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Tre Jones flopping technical foul
Q4 9:27 · SA 100-102 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 0:37 · SA 98-100 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 19 | Threes made | 9 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 39 | Assists | 20 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
