⏱️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
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-15 off them- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 49
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 6:37 · SAC 57-60 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 3:13 · SAC 93-97 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Beno Udrih misses technical free throw
Q3 7:18 · SAC 49-60 OKC
- Technical
Tyreke Evans technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:39 · SAC 62-64 OKC
- Missed FT
Tyreke Evans misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 0:39 · SAC 94-99 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:20 · SAC 91-97 OKC
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · SAC 97-99 OKC
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:05 · SAC 97-99 OKC
📊The numbers
| SAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 12 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 0 | Blocks | 8 |
