⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- Go-ahead
Shawn Marion hit a slam dunk
Q4 0:15 · PHX 124-123 OKC
- Lead
Shawn Marion hit a three jumper, Steve Nash with the assist
2OT 4:41 · PHX 141-138 OKC
- Lead
Boris Diaw hit a driving layup
2OT 2:34 · PHX 145-143 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash turnover
OT 0:04 · PHX 138-138 OKC
- Turnover
Kurt Thomas offensive foul (Johan Petro draws the foul)
2OT 3:34 · PHX 141-140 OKC
- Turnover
Kurt Thomas turnover
2OT 3:34 · PHX 141-140 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 1:04 · PHX 91-98 OKC
- Lead
Ray Allen hit a 24-foot three jumper
OT 4:16 · PHX 128-131 OKC
- Winner
Ray Allen hit a 35-foot three jumper
2OT 0:00 · PHX 149-152 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ray Allen bad pass
Q4 0:18 · PHX 122-123 OKC
- Turnover
Ray Allen lost ball
OT 3:43 · PHX 130-131 OKC
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
OT 0:14 · PHX 138-138 OKC
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 18 | Threes made | 14 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 35 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 16 | Blocks | 3 |
