⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of fourteen from three- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 26-12 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 2:38 · OKC 98-81 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q3 5:28 · OKC 87-79 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
J.J. Barea misses technical free throw
Q4 6:28 · OKC 109-96 MIN
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
