⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39- Ran them off the floor, 33 fast break points to 10
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 10:10 · OKC 11-8 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 3:41 · OKC 94-68 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:59 · OKC 78-56 GS
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:06 · OKC 79-61 GS
📊The numbers
| OKC | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 5 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 33 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 34 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 16 | Steals | 22 |
| 21 | Blocks | 20 |
