⏱️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
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, ten of 22 from three
- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their thirteen
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 dragged them back level
Q3 2:16 · OKC 74-74 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ray Allen Offensive Foul. Allen's 6th Personal Foul, Seattle's 6th Team Foul.
Q4 3:59 · OKC 90-84 CLE
- Turnover
Danny Fortson Offensive Foul. Fortson's 7th Personal Foul, Seattle's 8th Team Foul.
Q4 0:42 · OKC 97-91 CLE
- Turnover
Danny Fortson Turnover
Q4 0:42 · OKC 97-91 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q2 2:28 · OKC 50-55 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 4:31 · OKC 43-37 CLE
- Technical
Ira Newble Technical Foul. Newble's 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 5:46 · OKC 59-64 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:18 · OKC 90-84 CLE
📊The numbers
| OKC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
