⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 27- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 25
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 20-4 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:04 · OKC 9-2 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 1:12 · OKC 33-22 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nick Collison missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:46 · OKC 117-109 SAC
- Missed FT
Nick Collison missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:46 · OKC 117-109 SAC
- Missed FT
Rashard Lewis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:16 · OKC 119-111 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 8:56 · OKC 66-74 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brad Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Ray Allen.
Q4 4:33 · OKC 108-102 SAC
📊The numbers
| OKC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
