⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
J.R. Smith misses technical free throw
Q2 9:57 · NY 29-44 OKC
- Technical
Double technical foul - Amar'e Stoudemire and Kendrick Perkins
Q3 2:42 · NY 60-82 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 0:17 · NY 29-43 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 32 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
