⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 27
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten
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 took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:49 · OKC 9-2 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 7:26 · OKC 22-8 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q2 7:20 · OKC 51-21 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:42 · OKC 60-31 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brandon Knight misses technical free throw
Q2 0:42 · OKC 60-31 DET
📊The numbers
| OKC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 14 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 1 |
