⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 39
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 18-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 8:30 · MEM 38-33 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:18 · MEM 87-91 OKC
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:18 · MEM 87-91 OKC
- Turnover
Rudy Gay out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:25 · MEM 92-95 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:18 · MEM 16-14 OKC
- Missed FT
Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:39 · MEM 87-91 OKC
- Missed FT
Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · MEM 92-100 OKC
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
