⏱️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 third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 32 from three- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their eighteen
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their three
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 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:42 · OKC 28-25 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 0:55 · OKC 88-67 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul George misses technical free throw
Q4 12:00 · OKC 83-67 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 1:55 · OKC 18-22 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 0:45 · OKC 112-99 DAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Dirk Nowitzki flagrant foul type 1
Q2 6:07 · OKC 31-30 DAL
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:07 · OKC 31-30 DAL
- Technical
Rick Carlisle technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · OKC 83-67 DAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 15 | Steals | 20 |
| 23 | Blocks | 20 |
