⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 11 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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 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
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 30
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 5:48 · POR 23-14 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Juan Dixon misses technical free throw
Q3 7:13 · POR 60-68 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 2:40 · POR 71-85 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luke Ridnour misses technical free throw
Q2 1:34 · POR 47-53 OKC
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
