⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen
- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 29
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 cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q2 2:25 · OKC 41-58 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q1 7:35 · OKC 8-23 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q1 3:51 · OKC 12-31 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q4 9:56 · OKC 74-101 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 11 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 74 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
