⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 30-10 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 8
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andre Miller offensive foul (Nick Collison draws the foul)
Q4 4:58 · POR 68-76 OKC
- Turnover
Andre Miller turnover
Q4 4:58 · POR 68-76 OKC
- Turnover
Andre Miller bad pass
Q4 4:07 · POR 71-76 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:18 · POR 0-8 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 10:18 · POR 63-74 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 17 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
