⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. 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, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 21 from three
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
- Technical
Vladimir Radmanovic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:22 · OKC 60-74 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:03 · OKC 2-13 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 0:07 · OKC 55-65 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q3 4:56 · OKC 62-87 SAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Shareef Abdur-Rahim flagrant foul type 1 (Ray Allen draws the foul)
Q4 9:02 · OKC 80-102 SAC
📊The numbers
| OKC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
