Spurs & Thunder's free throw galore nearly breaks 11-year NBA Playoffs record

Spurs & Thunder's free throw galore nearly breaks 11-year NBA Playoffs record originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Typically, the Oklahoma City Thunder get criticized for flopping so that they would get free throws and win games.

This was still the case for Game 3 but the San Antonio Spurs also got the benefit of the whistle. In fact, both teams led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Victor Wembanyama were able to nearly break an 11-year NBA Playoffs record because of their attempts at the charity stripe. Spurs, Thunder shoot historic amount of NBA Playoffs free throws in Game 3 The Thunder and Spurs shot a collective of 33 free throws in the third quarter.

This is the second-most in a third quarter in NBA Playoffs history since the play-by-play era, per Josh Dubow of the Associated Press. This is not the first time that the Spurs got involved with this record too. Back in 2015, the squad led by Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard faced the Los Angeles Clippers .

Their Game 5 bout made them combine for a whopping 35 free throw attempts which is the most since the play-by-play era started. Contrary to 2015, it was not the Spurs who benefitted off those free throws this time around. Due to the flurry of attempts by Chet Holmgren and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder won the third quarter as they scored 37 points while the Spurs only got 33 points.