⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of 21 from three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q1 1:51 · UTAH 24-26 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Paul Millsap bad pass
Q4 0:17 · UTAH 80-86 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- Steal
Russell Westbrook stole it from Paul Millsap
Q4 0:17 · UTAH 80-86 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
