⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 42
- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their 25
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 3:30 · OKC 28-13 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 3:27 · OKC 47-30 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q2 6:31 · OKC 37-30 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q4 1:53 · OKC 92-71 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Batiste Technical Foul
Q4 3:23 · OKC 89-61 MEM
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
