⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rashard Lewis Technical Foul
Q2 1:25 · OKC 43-43 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jon Barry missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 1:25 · OKC 43-43 DEN
📊The numbers
| OKC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
