In their win over the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday, the San Antonio Spurs outscored the Thunder 33-20 in the third quarter, to get some separation from OKC and change momentum in the game.
That wasn’t the first time the Spurs have played their best basketball in the third quarter, and statistically speaking, it’s been their best quarter this season.
The Spurs go from being a Bottom-10 team by Net Rating in every quarter until the third. After halftime, all of a sudden the Spurs turn into a Top-5 team on both ends of the floor.
So this brings us to today’s question - what is going on in the third quarter for the Spurs this season?
To get an idea of what’s going on in the third, I looked at the Spurs’ Four Factors in each quarter of the season, to see what factors REALLY stand out in the third.
I see four numbers that really pop out to me from the third quarter for the Spurs.
