⏱️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
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of eleven from three- Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 28
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:56 · OKC 8-2 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 3:34 · OKC 58-52 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q3 1:08 · OKC 90-76 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q1 7:37 · OKC 13-15 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
