⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 34
- They shot well above their usual, nine of 21 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 9:27 · DAL 81-88 OKC
- Winner
Russell Westbrook hit a 17-foot two point shot
Q4 1:00 · DAL 101-103 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
