⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- They went cold, one of ten from three
- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 29-16 off them
- Lost the glass, 42 rebounds to 55
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 11:34 · GS 30-34 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 7:47 · GS 30-36 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 9:03 · GS 79-91 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerome James Technical Foul
Q3 0:47 · GS 71-74 OKC
📊The numbers
| GS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 1 | Threes made | 8 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
