⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 25-13 off them
- A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 up
Q1 7:49 · SA 23-8 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 8:26 · SA 65-43 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q1 1:06 · SA 28-24 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
