⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, eleven of nineteen from three
- Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 41
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
Ray Allen technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:52 · OKC 33-24 ORL
- Technical
Ray Allen double technical foul
Q2 10:52 · OKC 33-24 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:07 · OKC 14-8 ORL
- Flagrant
Keyon Dooling flagrant foul type 1 (Ray Allen draws the foul)
Q2 10:52 · OKC 33-24 ORL
📊The numbers
| OKC | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
