⏱️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
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 22- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 25, and were outscored 25-16 off them
- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 18
- Made two threes to their fourteen
- Went cold from three, two of eighteen
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
- Steal
Derek Fisher stole it from Channing Frye
Q4 0:49 · OKC 95-92 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:58 · OKC 82-81 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Miles Plumlee double dribble turnover
Q4 4:47 · OKC 82-81 PHX
- Turnover
Channing Frye bad pass
Q4 0:49 · OKC 95-92 PHX
- Turnover
Gerald Green steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:28 · OKC 99-95 PHX
📊The numbers
| OKC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 2 | Threes made | 14 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 18 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
