⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 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
Owned the paint, 46 points inside 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
- Steal
Wesley Matthews stole it from Kevin Durant
Q4 0:26 · POR 80-84 OKC
- Steal
Damian Lillard stole it from Russell Westbrook
Q4 0:13 · POR 83-84 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Terry Stotts technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:11 · POR 52-59 OKC
- Turnover
Wesley Matthews steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 3:53 · POR 74-81 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 8:22 · POR 29-35 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Durant lost ball turnover
Q4 0:26 · POR 80-84 OKC
- Turnover
Russell Westbrook lost ball turnover
Q4 0:13 · POR 83-84 OKC
- Missed FT
Kendrick Perkins misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · POR 83-84 OKC
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
