⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35
- Beaten inside, 42 points in the paint to 70
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 6:13 · HOU 94-107 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 5:43 · HOU 40-39 OKC
- Missed FT
Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:38 · HOU 101-109 OKC
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
