⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns 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 worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the third quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 9:36 · OKC 39-32 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Durant bad pass
Q4 2:31 · OKC 93-98 PHX
- Turnover
Kevin Durant offensive foul (Raja Bell draws the foul)
Q4 2:11 · OKC 93-98 PHX
- Turnover
Kevin Durant turnover
Q4 2:11 · OKC 93-98 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 7:16 · OKC 39-41 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q3 0:39 · OKC 82-86 PHX
- Steal
Shawn Marion stole it from Kevin Durant
Q4 2:31 · OKC 93-98 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
