⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 17- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 30
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
- Made five threes to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 7:09 · BKN 21-40 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 4:22 · BKN 16-30 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q2 8:57 · BKN 21-44 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 64% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 23 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 28 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
