⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 5:13 · OKC 14-9 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Primoz Brezec Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 5:13 · OKC 14-9 CHA
📊The numbers
| OKC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
