⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 38- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 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.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Will Barton misses technical free throw
Q2 11:07 · DEN 34-32 OKC
- Technical
Double technical foul - Nikola Jokic and Nazr Mohammed
Q4 1:38 · DEN 100-124 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 5:01 · DEN 17-24 OKC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q2 7:05 · DEN 39-59 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q3 8:11 · DEN 60-85 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 11:07 · DEN 34-32 OKC
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 11:07 · DEN 35-32 OKC
📊The numbers
| DEN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 32 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
