⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of fifteen from three- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 1:09 · MIL 53-51 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 5:01 · MIL 11-21 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 1:55 · MIL 93-98 OKC
- Turnover
Ronald Murray Bad Pass. Stolen by Toni Kukoc.
Q4 1:12 · MIL 95-100 OKC
- Missed FT
Ronald Murray missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:00 · MIL 97-101 OKC
📊The numbers
| MIL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
