⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 24-14 off them- Won the second chances, 21 offensive rebounds to eleven
- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the fourth quarter
- Went cold from three, three of fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q4 11:25 · WSH 88-78 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 10:11 · WSH 37-41 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 1:43 · WSH 76-78 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 11 |
