⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their no- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 31-9 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 8:22 · OKC 21-10 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q3 1:23 · OKC 101-70 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q1 1:15 · OKC 40-31 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 0 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 32 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
