⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 39- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 29-20 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 0:00 · OKC 58-36 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q3 0:07 · OKC 83-73 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 74 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
