⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 11 fast break points to 26
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 10:53 · OKC 39-36 PHX
- Steal
Rashard Lewis stole it from Boris Diaw
Q4 1:46 · OKC 113-114 PHX
- Winner
Ray Allen hit a 25-foot three jumper, Earl Watson with the assist
Q4 0:24 · OKC 116-114 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Boris Diaw bad pass
Q4 3:39 · OKC 109-111 PHX
- Turnover
Boris Diaw bad pass
Q4 1:46 · OKC 113-114 PHX
📊The numbers
| OKC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
