⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty
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 cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q2 3:25 · OKC 43-57 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 1:57 · OKC 90-104 BKN
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 1:57 · OKC 90-104 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q2 8:40 · OKC 26-48 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
