⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 26-11 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:59 · OKC 10-2 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 7:52 · OKC 43-32 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:51 · OKC 28-27 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
