⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 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
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 23-13 off them
Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 50
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 0:56 · POR 64-51 OKC
- Lead
Andre Miller hit a layup, Marcus Camby with the assist
Q4 0:18 · POR 100-98 OKC
- Steal
Marcus Camby stole it from Kevin Durant
OT 3:08 · POR 100-100 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marcus Camby bad pass
OT 2:48 · POR 100-100 OKC
- Turnover
Brandon Roy bad pass
OT 1:53 · POR 100-103 OKC
- Missed FT
Wesley Matthews misses free throw 2 of 2
OT 0:08 · POR 103-105 OKC

Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 7:03 · POR 38-43 OKC
- Ties it
Serge Ibaka hit a tip shot
Q4 0:10 · POR 100-100 OKC
- Winner
James Harden hit a driving layup
OT 2:45 · POR 100-102 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Serge Ibaka misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:42 · POR 98-98 OKC
- Turnover
Kevin Durant lost ball
OT 3:08 · POR 100-100 OKC
- Turnover
James Harden turnover
OT 2:06 · POR 100-103 OKC
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 27 | Assists | 12 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |







