⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 10:19 · OKC 45-41 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Russell Westbrook turnover
Q4 2:26 · OKC 66-72 POR
- Missed FT
Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:16 · OKC 69-77 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Martell Webster misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:33 · OKC 62-67 POR
- Missed FT
Travis Outlaw misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:53 · OKC 72-79 POR
- Missed FT
Travis Outlaw misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · OKC 72-80 POR
📊The numbers
| OKC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 6 | Assists | 16 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
