⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
+6Q123-19
-10Q217-29
+1Q318-19
-3Q419-22
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- They went cold, two of eleven from three
Key battles
18%Three-point accuracy56%
2Threes made10
14Fast break points6
3Blocks6
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 10 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
