⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 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, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
They went cold, sixteen of 53 from three- Lived at the line, nineteen free throws to their seven
- A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 20-12 off them
- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 24
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
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up
Q2 1:46 · SA 71-57 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q3 1:16 · SA 98-77 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephon Castle bad pass
Q4 2:48 · SA 104-96 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 8:17 · SA 38-48 OKC
- Steal
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stole it from Stephon Castle
Q4 2:48 · SA 104-96 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 19 | Threes made | 16 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 32 | Assists | 24 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 16 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
