Oklahoma City’s win in San Antonio wasn’t a steady four-quarter squeeze. The Thunder built their cushion in the second quarter, then the Spurs won the third and still had too much to recover. Both teams recorded the same turnovers and offensive rebounds, which makes the gap in outside shooting more interesting than a simple possession-count story. Does that shooting balance hold when Oklahoma City faces Denver and San Antonio faces Houston?
Our provisional result has Oklahoma City winning 116–104. The Thunder took the second quarter 31–16; San Antonio answered 36–28 in the third. The match stats show Oklahoma City making 14 threes in 31 attempts to the Spurs’ 10 in 37, with 14 turnovers and 10 offensive rebounds apiece. The schedule lists Denver next for Oklahoma City and Houston next for San Antonio. A single opener cannot settle how either attack will travel.
