⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 17-5 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Desmond Mason Double Technical Foul. Damon Jones gains possession.
Q4 0:10 · OKC 77-95 SAC
- Technical
Ansu Sesay Double Technical Foul. Hedo Turkoglu gains possession.
Q4 0:10 · OKC 77-95 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 7:33 · OKC 67-83 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 3:44 · OKC 72-91 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 15 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
