⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 8
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 6:28 · GS 20-9 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 6:54 · GS 98-79 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Baron Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:11 · GS 54-43 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 5:05 · GS 42-36 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
