⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 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
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their ten- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 in the fourth quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 5:01 · POR 31-43 OKC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q4 6:11 · POR 73-89 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
