⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of seventeen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 5:56 · DEN 37-40 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Juwan Howard missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 2:09 · DEN 15-22 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 9:57 · DEN 26-34 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 5:01 · DEN 75-83 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brent Barry Offensive Foul
Q4 3:00 · DEN 75-81 OKC
- Turnover
Brent Barry Foul
Q4 3:00 · DEN 75-81 OKC
- Turnover
Ray Allen Lost Ball
Q4 1:00 · DEN 77-83 OKC
📊The numbers
| DEN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 12% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
