⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 29
- A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31 in the fourth quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Raymond Felton and Steven Adams
Q3 7:18 · DAL 57-74 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 11:14 · DAL 50-69 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 4:11 · DAL 73-93 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31
Q4 4:28 · DAL 100-131 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 6 | Threes made | 15 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
