⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 2 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 3:04 · BKN 14-28 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 3:27 · BKN 33-48 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 11:33 · BKN 51-63 OKC
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:17 · BKN 65-77 OKC
📊The numbers
| BKN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 31% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 14 | Assists | 13 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
