⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth 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, 36 free throws to their sixteen
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 6:41 · OKC 95-82 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:45 · OKC 6-14 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
