⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 31- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
17Offensive rebounds5
11Points off turnovers18
3Blocks1
61Rebounds40
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q1 2:49 · OKC 29-10 DEN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kendrick Perkins flagrant foul type 1 (Wilson Chandler draws the foul)
Q1 10:25 · OKC 6-0 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q2 5:05 · OKC 50-38 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:05 · OKC 10-7 DEN
- Technical
technical foul
Q1 2:49 · OKC 19-10 DEN
📊The numbers
| OKC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
