⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of eighteen from three- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-18 off them
- A 16-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 28 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 18
Q2 1:28 · POR 46-64 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q3 3:54 · POR 70-87 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 3:25 · POR 93-103 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 4:15 · POR 14-28 OKC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 28
Q1 1:31 · POR 16-44 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 12 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
