⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 5:46 · CHA 15-12 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Brevin Knight technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:20 · CHA 80-92 OKC
- Technical
Brevin Knight technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q4 2:20 · CHA 80-93 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses technical free throw
Q4 8:45 · CHA 72-81 OKC
📊The numbers
| CHA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
