⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
+6Q135-28
+2Q225-21
-7Q323-26
+5Q424-19
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 34- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the first quarter
Key battles
18Fast break points7
2Blocks7
10Offensive rebounds5
61Rebounds38
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q1 9:18 · OKC 17-8 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 8:40 · OKC 66-63 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
