⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five
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 1-point lead to 10
Q2 8:37 · OKC 33-23 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol
Q3 10:41 · OKC 42-34 MEM
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:03 · OKC 42-36 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
O.J. Mayo misses technical free throw
Q3 10:03 · OKC 42-36 MEM
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 13 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |