⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-16 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 8
A 14-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 2 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 6:26 · OKC 38-26 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 11:26 · OKC 56-46 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 7:33 · OKC 96-72 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kendrick Perkins and Nikola Pekovic
Q1 8:40 · OKC 4-6 MIN
- Technical
Scott Brooks technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:01 · OKC 66-54 MIN
- Technical
Serge Ibaka technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 0:28 · OKC 76-62 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 2
Q2 4:11 · OKC 42-40 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luke Ridnour misses technical free throw
Q3 0:28 · OKC 76-62 MIN
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
