⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 38- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 17-7 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q2 4:01 · OKC 48-55 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 4:30 · OKC 70-69 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Anthony Morrow and Marcus Morris
Q2 9:14 · OKC 34-40 DET
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dion Waiters and Stanley Johnson
Q4 10:34 · OKC 81-73 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 3:47 · OKC 21-26 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 5:30 · OKC 60-65 DET
📊The numbers
| OKC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
