⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the third quarter- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their sixteen
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 52
- Gave up second chances, 25 offensive rebounds to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 10:03 · CHI 56-57 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q3 6:03 · CHI 62-76 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 25 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
