⏱️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
▲ CHA 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 Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 34- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their four
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 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.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q2 1:42 · CHA 64-66 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Kemba Walker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:52 · CHA 50-61 OKC
- Technical
Jeremy Lin technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 11:42 · CHA 76-87 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 10:22 · CHA 2-13 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 3:23 · CHA 76-90 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 7:03 · CHA 87-107 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anthony Morrow misses technical free throw
Q4 11:42 · CHA 76-87 OKC
📊The numbers
| CHA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 15 |
