⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 11
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the first 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 2:08 · OKC 31-22 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:38 · OKC 61-36 DAL
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:35 · OKC 76-53 DAL
- Technical
Hasheem Thabeet technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 7:35 · OKC 103-73 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q1 7:45 · OKC 16-18 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 22
Q4 3:15 · OKC 110-88 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 9 |
