⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their five- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen
- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:23 · NO 2-10 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 5:37 · NO 27-44 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 16 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
