⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 0
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 2:48 · OKC 111-103 DAL
- Technical
Justin Anderson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 0:27 · OKC 117-103 DAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
