⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 12- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
17Offensive rebounds6
12Fast break points27
11Free throws made19
7Blocks11
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q2 7:58 · SAC 42-45 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Isaiah Thomas misses technical free throw
Q3 7:07 · SAC 59-67 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 6:41 · SAC 17-20 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 2:25 · SAC 23-32 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 6:05 · SAC 64-75 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:07 · SAC 59-67 OKC
- Turnover
Serge Ibaka out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:31 · SAC 90-98 OKC
📊The numbers
| SAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 11 |
