⏱️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
+3Q129-25
-10Q220-30
+14Q332-17
+1Q423-21
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 32
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 3
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 17-8 off them
Key battles
18Fast break points3
10Threes made3
10Blocks3
3Steals8
🏀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 3-point lead to 12
Q3 0:59 · OKC 84-72 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 1:37 · OKC 47-55 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
