⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 33- A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 15-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 2:34 · DAL 56-46 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 1:53 · DAL 25-31 OKC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q3 10:08 · DAL 62-66 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q3 5:58 · DAL 67-79 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Serge Ibaka lost ball turnover
Q4 3:41 · DAL 97-105 OKC
- Turnover
Serge Ibaka offensive foul (Wesley Matthews draws the foul)
Q4 0:17 · DAL 106-109 OKC
- Turnover
Serge Ibaka turnover
Q4 0:17 · DAL 106-109 OKC
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
