⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39- Made one threes to their seven
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 32-16 off them
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 took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:21 · OKC 9-2 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 2:30 · OKC 27-17 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:01 · OKC 84-81 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 5:39 · OKC 39-33 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 1 | Threes made | 7 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
