⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 31- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 3
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 4:50 · OKC 55-47 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 8:56 · OKC 32-35 MIL
- Technical
Anthony Morrow technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 2:57 · OKC 82-69 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 11:08 · OKC 6-8 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 1:20 · OKC 26-29 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
O.J. Mayo technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 6:41 · OKC 14-10 MIL
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
