⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 15
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steven Adams technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:01 · OKC 74-64 DAL
- Technical
Double technical foul - Russell Westbrook and Jae Crowder
Q4 1:31 · OKC 105-93 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Vince Carter flagrant foul type 2 (Steven Adams draws the foul)
Q3 4:01 · OKC 76-64 DAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 17 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
