⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 25-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 7:16 · NO 10-14 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:23 · NO 22-22 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Darren Collison turnover
Q4 3:15 · NO 95-95 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 9:41 · NO 2-14 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 8:03 · NO 28-40 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:23 · NO 95-95 OKC
- Turnover
Nick Collison offensive foul (James Posey draws the foul)
Q4 2:30 · NO 95-97 OKC
- Turnover
Nick Collison turnover
Q4 2:30 · NO 95-97 OKC
📊The numbers
| NO | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
