⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 17 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, 17 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 21-11 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:33 · BKN 13-6 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q4 10:47 · BKN 95-64 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 33
Q4 6:37 · BKN 106-73 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 14
Q3 8:47 · BKN 71-57 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Sebastian Telfair technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 10:34 · BKN 64-44 OKC
📊The numbers
| BKN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
