⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made three threes to their eleven- They shot well above their usual, eleven of nineteen from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 7:50 · OKC 43-31 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Carlos Boozer technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:37 · OKC 102-93 UTAH
📊The numbers
| OKC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
