⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third 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 Suns did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 29-12 off them
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 42
- A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26 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.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 5:26 · OKC 25-15 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26
Q3 8:45 · OKC 81-55 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 11:11 · OKC 35-35 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
