⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 3:51 · PHX 95-100 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire Technical Foul
Q2 6:30 · PHX 38-42 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 10:15 · PHX 29-37 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 2:10 · PHX 77-90 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rashard Lewis Traveling
Q4 2:24 · PHX 93-100 OKC
- Missed FT
Vladimir Radmanovic missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:25 · PHX 95-100 OKC
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 3 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
