⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 6:24 · MEM 8-14 OKC
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23
Q2 3:01 · MEM 36-59 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
