⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 23 from three
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 41
- A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26
Q2 1:20 · WSH 54-80 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
D.J. Augustin misses technical free throw
Q2 6:37 · WSH 37-47 OKC
📊The numbers
| WSH | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 15 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 65% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
