⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their eight- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 35
- A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17 in the third quarter
- Beaten inside, 0 points in the paint to 44
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 8:18 · OKC 60-56 DET
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17
Q3 0:15 · OKC 84-67 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 3 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
