Oklahoma City Thunder – San Antonio Spurs · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 16 March 2022

OKC120–122SAS

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↑ SAS winsOKC wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when SAS leads and falls when OKC does.

This is how the game was decided.

Dejounte Murray decided it, the San Antonio Spurs player with the most points (26, with 9 rebounds and 12 assists; +19 with him on the floor). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in San Antonio Spurs 122-120 Oklahoma City Thunder (March 16, 2022) was hit by Lonnie Walker IV: a three-pointer with 1.8 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the San Antonio Spurs up 122-120. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of San Antonio Spurs 122-120 Oklahoma City Thunder (March 16, 2022) was a 11-0 run by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the fourth quarter (from 8:18 to 6:53), from 98-106 to 109-106. The San Antonio Spurs' best was a 9-0 run between the second quarter and the third quarter, from 62-56 to 71-56.

What were the keys of the last San Antonio Spurs vs Oklahoma City Thunder game?

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Play: Lonnie Walker IV makes 26-foot three pointer (Devin Vassell assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Lonnie Walker IV decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.8 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Walker decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

16 March 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360859:679; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · OKC

Gilgeous-Alexander · Bazley · Wiggins · Pokusevski · Waters

Closing lineup · SAS

Murray · Johnson · Vassell · Poeltl · Primo

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OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

35′ · -8

Darius Bazley

33′ · -7

Tre Mann

29′ · -6

Aaron Wiggins

26′ · -19

Isaiah Roby

14′ · -14

Aleksej Pokusevski

27′ · +8

Theo Maledon

25′ · +14

Vit Krejci

20′ · +16

Olivier Sarr

18′ · +5

Lindy Waters III

12′ · +1

SAS

Dejounte Murray

36′ · +19

Keldon Johnson

35′ · +12

Devin Vassell

32′ · +13

Jakob Poeltl

29′ · +5

Josh Richardson

28′ · -4

Zach Collins

15′ · -1

Lonnie Walker IV

22′ · +1

Tre Jones

18′ · -11

Joshua Primo

20′ · -19

Jock Landale

4′ · -5

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. OKC and SAS.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Gilgeous-Alexander, Bazley, Roby, Mann, and Wiggins played 10.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 11 points.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Bazley, Maledon, Pokusevski, and Krejci played 7.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 14 points.
Maledon, Waters, Mann, Wiggins, and Sarr played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

San Antonio Spurs

Richardson, Murray, Poeltl, Johnson, and Vassell played 9.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Richardson, Murray, Poeltl, Johnson, and Jones played 4.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Collins, Walker, Johnson, Jones, and Primo played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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Oklahoma City Thunder

Maledon, Krejci, Mann, Wiggins, and Sarr played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Bazley, Pokusevski, Waters, and Sarr played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Bazley, Pokusevski, Mann, and Wiggins played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Maledon, Pokusevski, Krejci, Mann, and Wiggins played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Bazley, Pokusevski, Mann, and Sarr played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Bazley, Roby, Maledon, and Pokusevski played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Bazley, Pokusevski, Waters, and Wiggins played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Bazley, Roby, Pokusevski, and Krejci played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Maledon, Krejci, Waters, Mann, and Sarr played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Maledon, Pokusevski, Krejci, and Sarr played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

San Antonio Spurs

Murray, Poeltl, Walker, Johnson, and Primo played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Murray, Collins, Walker, Johnson, and Vassell played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 12 points.
Richardson, Murray, Collins, Johnson, and Vassell played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Richardson, Murray, Poeltl, Vassell, and Primo played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Richardson, Poeltl, Johnson, Vassell, and Jones played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Richardson, Murray, Poeltl, Walker, and Vassell played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Murray, Walker, Landale, Vassell, and Primo played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Murray, Collins, Walker, Vassell, and Primo played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Walker, Landale, Vassell, Jones, and Primo played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Murray, Poeltl, Walker, Vassell, and Jones played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Richardson, Poeltl, Johnson, Jones, and Primo played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Dejounte Murray covered 4.65 km, more than anyone in the game.

Dejounte Murray touched the ball 91 times, a game high.
Dejounte Murray made 63 passes, a game high.
Keldon Johnson defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.
Jakob Poeltl had 21 rebound chances, a game high.

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Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Darius Bazley	4.05	6.9	58	37
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	4.01	6.5	85	53
Tre Mann	3.85	7.5	50	34
Aaron Wiggins	3.56	7.8	20	10
Aleksej Pokusevski	3.49	7.2	43	31
Theo Maledon	3.31	7.4	55	46
Vít Krejčí	2.54	7.3	25	18
Olivier Sarr	2.33	7.4	20	16
Isaiah Roby	1.66	6.6	23	15
Lindy Waters III	1.61	7.3	17	13

San Antonio Spurs

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Dejounte Murray	4.65	7.2	91	63
Keldon Johnson	4.36	7.1	75	58
Devin Vassell	4.15	7.3	35	29
Jakob Poeltl	3.68	7.3	54	40
Josh Richardson	3.57	7.3	53

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2021-22 regular season, not this game.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 19 of 386 in the league.
Darius Bazley contested 8.7 shots per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 32 of 386 in the league.
Isaiah Roby contested 7.1 shots per game over his 44 games.
He ranks 63 of 386 in the league.

San Antonio Spurs

Dejounte Murray deflected 4.0 passes per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 1 of 386 in the league.
Jakob Poeltl contested 14.2 shots per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 1 of 386 in the league.
Keldon Johnson defended 4.6 shots at the rim per game over his 75 games, and opponents made 7 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 28 of 131 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The San Antonio Spurs have won 46 of their 90 games against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

46-44record of the San Antonio Spurs · NBA 2008-09 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Game context

Attendance

14.994

81.7% of capacity

Frost Bank Center · San Antonio

Scoring

242

combined points

20.8 above the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

19 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors