⏱️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
+5Q126-18
-8Q219-25
+3Q329-22
+7Q425-17
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 2- A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
19Fast break points2
9Blocks2
13Steals6
23Points off turnovers13
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17
Q4 6:24 · OKC 96-79 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Serge Ibaka misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:24 · OKC 87-79 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 1:15 · OKC 45-45 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
