⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:57 · OKC 28-24 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 5:41 · OKC 43-36 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 3:17 · OKC 90-76 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Gary Payton Technical Foul
Q1 6:09 · OKC 8-13 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Pau Gasol Technical Foul
Q2 0:35 · OKC 45-44 MEM
- Turnover
Jason Williams Bad Pass. Stolen by Predrag Drobnjak.
Q4 4:07 · OKC 81-73 MEM
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
