⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 21 in the third quarter- Lost the glass, 13 rebounds to 23
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 20-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 11:18 · SAC 37-26 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Mikki Moore technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:47 · SAC 40-32 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q3 11:04 · SAC 51-59 OKC
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 21
Q3 0:03 · SAC 73-94 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 14 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
