⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 28- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 2
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
- Steal
Damien Wilkins stole it from Jake Voskuhl
Q4 0:05 · OKC 104-98 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Earl Watson traveling
Q4 3:00 · OKC 90-84 MIL
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 0:49 · OKC 96-90 MIL
- Missed FT
Kurt Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:30 · OKC 98-92 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yi Jianlian misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:24 · OKC 88-83 MIL
- Turnover
Andrew Bogut bad pass
Q4 2:46 · OKC 90-84 MIL
- Turnover
Jake Voskuhl bad pass
Q4 0:05 · OKC 104-98 MIL
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
