⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their eighteen- Made two threes to their eleven
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 5:16 · OKC 22-17 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 11:33 · OKC 62-47 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 5:41 · OKC 13-15 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q2 2:59 · OKC 52-45 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damian Lillard misses technical free throw
Q1 5:41 · OKC 13-15 POR
📊The numbers
| OKC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 2 | Threes made | 11 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 13 | Assists | 13 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
