⏱️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, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 37- A 21-0 run took them from 3 down to 18 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.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run took them from 3 down to 18 up
Q1 0:31 · CHA 29-47 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 1:20 · CHA 42-62 OKC
📊The numbers
| CHA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
