⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their thirteen
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3 in the third quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 10:45 · OKC 64-59 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 2:55 · OKC 23-28 DAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3
Q3 0:01 · OKC 87-84 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 13 | Assists | 17 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
