⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 19-10 off them
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q2 0:00 · BKN 40-36 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning Double Technical Foul. Danny Fortson gains possession.
Q2 7:35 · BKN 15-23 OKC
- Missed FT
Jason Collins missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:31 · BKN 60-67 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 2:51 · BKN 44-53 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Danny Fortson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:45 · BKN 56-64 OKC
- Technical
Vladimir Radmanovic Technical Foul
Q4 1:00 · BKN 63-73 OKC
📊The numbers
| BKN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 0 | Threes made | 5 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 9 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
