⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 22 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q3 5:16 · POR 64-65 OKC
- Ties it
Scottie Pippen made 21 ft Jumper.
Q4 2:26 · POR 87-87 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shawn Kemp Lost Ball. Stolen by Jerome James.
Q4 0:15 · POR 87-89 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 5:01 · POR 20-25 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 8:22 · POR 37-45 OKC
- Winner
Gary Payton made Two Point Shot.
Q4 2:10 · POR 87-89 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Vin Baker 3 second
Q4 3:47 · POR 83-87 OKC
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 1:19 · POR 87-89 OKC
- Missed FT
Gary Payton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:06 · POR 87-92 OKC
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
