⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 5:54 · DEN 38-46 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Miller Double Technical Foul. Antonio Daniels gains possession.
Q4 4:18 · DEN 82-100 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 8:38 · DEN 7-15 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 8:02 · DEN 30-46 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
