⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
+11Q138-26
+8Q233-23
-13Q319-29
-5Q424-27
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- Burned in transition, 18 fast break points to 30
Key battles
40%Three-point accuracy11%
10Threes made1
9Blocks2
18Fast break points30
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:17 · OKC 9-2 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 1 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
