⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 2 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 14
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 0:57 · OKC 31-19 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 8:10 · OKC 40-25 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 2:49 · OKC 92-79 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 4:16 · OKC 42-29 MIN
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:00 · OKC 92-84 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 4:43 · OKC 45-38 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 17 | Assists | 13 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
