⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q3 4:39 · PHX 68-72 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 9:00 · PHX 30-33 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 5:05 · PHX 35-45 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 7:33 · PHX 54-68 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
