Spurs beat Thunder, 111-103

San Antonio Spurs beat Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103 on the road on Saturday, May 30.

How it unfolded

The Spurs led by 3 at halftime and by 3 through three quarters, finishing with a 8-point win.

What decided it

The Spurs recovered 34.9% of their own misses against 28.6% for the Thunder and the Spurs shot 55.1% on an effective basis to 51.8% for the Thunder. Extra possessions add up quickly over 48 minutes.

The Thunder did win one battle, the free-throw line: FT rate of 20.5 against 15.9. The Spurs made up for it elsewhere.

The game played at about 95 possessions per team. The Spurs scored 117.4 points per 100 possessions and the Thunder scored 109, a difference of 8.4.

Who made the difference

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) posted the best line of the night by Game Score (32.5): 35 pts, 4 reb, 9 ast, 3 stl on 12-21 shooting. The team was -7 in the minutes Shai played.

For the Spurs, Julian Champagnie was the best of the rest at 16.4: 20 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast on 6-11 shooting.

Jaylin Williams (11 pts, 10 reb, 4 ast) recorded a double-double.

Game Score is a single number that weighs points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, shooting efficiency, fouls and turnovers. It is not an official stat, just a quick way to rank lines.

What it means

The pre-game Win Meter had it close to a coin flip, at about 38% for the Spurs.

Across the last 14 meetings in our records, San Antonio Spurs lead 8-6.

Written automatically by Tip Off Live software from box score data. Ratings and probabilities are our own model estimates.

Scoring by quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	T
San Antonio Spurs	32	24	24	31	111
Oklahoma City Thunder	25	28	24	26	103

Game flow

Margin after each period. Above the line the home team leads; below it the visitors lead. Tap a point to see the score.

Q4: San Antonio Spurs 111, Oklahoma City Thunder 103 · Spurs by 8

The same team led at every period break. Biggest gap at a period break: 8 for Spurs after Q4.

The four factors

Four numbers explain most basketball games: shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws. The highlighted side had the edge. Tap a row to see what it measures.

SpursThunder

Pace: about 95 possessions per team. Points per 100 possessions: Spurs 117.4, Thunder 109.

Players of the game

Ranked by Game Score, a single number that rolls up points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, shooting efficiency, fouls and turnovers.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC35 pts, 4 reb, 9 ast, 3 stl on 12-21 shooting

32.5

Cason Wallace OKC17 pts, 7 reb, 4 ast on 6-10 shooting

Julian Champagnie SAS20 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast on 6-11 shooting

16.4

Victor Wembanyama SAS22 pts, 7 reb, 2 ast on 7-15 shooting

16.1

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/−
Victor WembanyamaF-C	42	22	7	2	1	1	1	5	7-15	3-5	5-7	+7
Julian ChampagnieF	38	20	6	1	1	0	1	2	6-11	6-10	2-3	+16
Stephon CastleG	36	16	6	6	1	0	6	4	7-15	0-3	2-3	+1
De'Aaron FoxG	36	15	0	5	3	0	2	2	6-12	3-7	0-0	+3
Devin VassellG-F	33	11	6	3	2	0	0	1	4-14	1-6	2-2	0
Dylan HarperG	27	12	7	3	0	0	2	1	5-8	2-3	0-0	+9
Keldon JohnsonF	16	11	3	1	1	0	0	3	4-8	2-5	1-2	+6
Luke KornetF-C	06	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	0-3	0-0	2-2	+1
Harrison BarnesF	03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Carter BryantF	03	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Bismack BiyomboC	00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Jordan McLaughlinG	00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Kelly OlynykF	00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Mason PlumleeF-C	00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Lindy Waters IIIF	00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Team		111	40	21	9	2	12	18	40-88	17-40	14-19

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/−
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderG	43	35	4	9	3	1	3	1	12-21	2-5	9-11	-7
Alex CarusoG	39	12	5	4	0	1	3	1	3-14	1-6	5-6	-5
Cason WallaceG	36	17	7	4	2	1	2	2	6-10	5-9	0-0	-3
Chet HolmgrenC-F	33	4	4	0	2	2	2	2	1-2	0-0	2-4	-3
Jaylin WilliamsF	25	11	10	4	0	0	0	4	5-9	1-3	0-0	+10
Jared McCainG	23	12	1	0	1	0	1	2	5-12	2-7	0-0	-8
Isaiah HartensteinF-C	21	7	5	0	1	0	2	2	3-7	0-0	1-1	-14
Luguentz DortG	16	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1-4	1-3	0-0	-9
Kenrich WilliamsG-F	04	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-1
Isaiah JoeG	00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Nikola TopicG	00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Aaron WigginsG	00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Ajay MitchellG	00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Thomas SorberC	00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Jalen WilliamsG-F	00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Team		103	38	23	9	5	13	16	37-83	12-35	17-22

Team comparison

SASOKC

Field goal %45.5%

44.6%

Three-point %42.5%

34.3%

Free throw %73.7%

77.3%

Rebounds40

Assists21

Steals9

Blocks2

Turnovers12

Bench points27

Recent meetings

May 28: OKC 91, SAS 118 (playoffs)
May 26: SAS 114, OKC 127 (playoffs)
May 24: OKC 82, SAS 103 (playoffs)
May 22: OKC 123, SAS 108 (playoffs)
May 20: SAS 113, OKC 122 (playoffs)