⏱️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
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
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 9-point lead to 18
Q3 0:02 · OKC 93-75 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:35 · OKC 102-94 DET
- Missed FT
Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:35 · OKC 102-94 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q4 4:28 · OKC 100-94 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
