⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 24- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 8:25 · MEM 42-28 OKC
- Go-ahead
Kyle Lowry hit a 15-foot two point shot
Q4 2:57 · MEM 100-99 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rudy Gay bad pass
Q4 4:07 · MEM 96-97 OKC
- Turnover
Rudy Gay offensive foul (Desmond Mason draws the foul)
Q4 2:21 · MEM 100-101 OKC
- Turnover
Rudy Gay turnover
Q4 2:21 · MEM 100-101 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- Winner
Kevin Durant hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:42 · MEM 100-101 OKC
- Ties it
Kevin Durant hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:42 · MEM 100-100 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 2:42 · MEM 100-109 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Earl Watson turnover
Q4 3:03 · MEM 98-99 OKC
- Turnover
Kevin Durant offensive foul (Javaris Crittenton draws the foul)
Q4 2:14 · MEM 100-101 OKC
- Turnover
Kevin Durant turnover
Q4 2:14 · MEM 100-101 OKC
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
