⏱️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, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 8 in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 11:00 · OKC 10-3 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 9:52 · OKC 84-67 NO
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 8
Q4 6:46 · OKC 88-80 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
