⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 21 from three
- A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:31 · UTAH 37-36 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 5:35 · UTAH 94-113 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 3 | Threes made | 13 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 27 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
