⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:54 · OKC 11-5 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 8:35 · OKC 45-41 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 3:21 · OKC 114-94 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q4 11:24 · OKC 86-76 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:24 · OKC 86-76 IND
📊The numbers
| OKC | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 8 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 20 | Steals | 19 |
| 27 | Blocks | 23 |
