⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their twenty
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 cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 6:16 · OKC 39-40 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 11:14 · OKC 75-93 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 2:11 · OKC 91-112 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 14 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
