⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- They went cold, two of fourteen from three
- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 46
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 7:11 · OKC 43-31 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ronald Murray missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:46 · OKC 86-82 MIL
- Missed FT
Nick Collison missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:16 · OKC 89-82 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:44 · OKC 50-50 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Toni Kukoc Bad Pass. Stolen by Rashard Lewis.
Q4 4:11 · OKC 81-77 MIL
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
