⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 30
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 8:37 · OKC 14-6 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 5:24 · OKC 22-13 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 11:26 · OKC 42-24 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
