⏱️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
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of fifteen from three- Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their 30
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 60
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 1:54 · OKC 108-97 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 9:51 · OKC 55-57 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:09 · OKC 99-96 MEM
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 7% |
| 35 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
