⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 37 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 7:58 · GS 57-54 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 3:05 · GS 71-58 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 6:20 · GS 88-77 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephen Curry Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 1:52 · GS 90-84 OKC

Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 17 | Threes made | 7 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |