⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- They went cold, one of eleven from three
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 8-point lead to 17
Q3 4:07 · OKC 63-46 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q4 10:07 · OKC 74-50 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Reggie Evans Technical Foul
Q1 4:30 · OKC 11-7 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 4:30 · OKC 11-7 PHX
📊The numbers
| OKC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 1 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
