⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty- Ran them off the floor, 22 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
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:41 · OKC 60-45 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q2 1:00 · OKC 54-41 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 28 | Assists | 16 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
