⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 38 from three
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 11:39 · SA 15-0 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Devin Vassell and Ajay Mitchell
Q3 8:19 · SA 57-67 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q1 6:49 · SA 19-13 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 0:21 · SA 31-35 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 5:03 · SA 45-52 OKC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Ajay Mitchell flagrant foul type 1
Q3 8:19 · SA 57-67 OKC
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 17 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 26 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
