⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 6:35 · POR 66-71 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamal Crawford technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:37 · POR 79-93 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 3:15 · POR 14-28 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 2:31 · POR 44-65 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 8:59 · POR 79-96 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 16 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
