⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to seven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q4 5:07 · OKC 98-104 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Russell Westbrook lost ball
Q4 2:10 · OKC 98-106 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 3:42 · OKC 53-55 PHX
- Steal
Leandro Barbosa stole it from Russell Westbrook
Q4 2:10 · OKC 98-106 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shaquille O'Neal 3 second
Q4 3:02 · OKC 96-104 PHX
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire offensive foul (Jeff Green draws the foul)
Q4 1:24 · OKC 100-108 PHX
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire turnover
Q4 1:24 · OKC 100-108 PHX
📊The numbers
| OKC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
