⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their seventeen
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 cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 2:15 · DAL 79-87 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Salah Mejri and Russell Westbrook
Q2 11:30 · DAL 18-33 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 1:39 · DAL 18-33 OKC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kevin Durant flagrant foul type 2 (Justin Anderson draws the foul)
Q4 0:50 · DAL 104-115 OKC
- Technical
Serge Ibaka technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 0:20 · DAL 107-119 OKC
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
