⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 21-7 off them
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
Q2 10:52 · OKC 33-26 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Zach Randolph Technical Foul. Randolph's 4th Personal Foul, Portland's 4th Team Foul.
Q3 1:20 · OKC 80-67 POR
📊The numbers
| OKC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
