⏱️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
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of nineteen from three- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 40
- A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their 26
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q3 0:35 · OKC 88-85 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 6:20 · OKC 103-90 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kendrick Perkins and Nikola Pekovic
Q3 10:18 · OKC 59-60 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:13 · OKC 9-18 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
