⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their five- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 25-14 off them
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 53
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 6:05 · PHX 11-12 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 10:15 · PHX 24-30 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Goran Dragic and Kendrick Perkins
Q2 0:01 · PHX 34-48 OKC
- Technical
Markieff Morris technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 7:50 · PHX 50-83 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 1:34 · PHX 16-30 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 4:09 · PHX 32-44 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 0:55 · PHX 34-55 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 15 |
| 8 | Blocks | 9 |
