⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 27
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 0:02 · OKC 34-28 ATL
- Winner
Russell Westbrook hit a 27-foot threeer
Q4 0:02 · OKC 120-117 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:24 · OKC 51-42 ATL
- Missed FT
Steven Adams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:59 · OKC 104-99 ATL
- Missed FT
Paul George misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · OKC 116-115 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 10:20 · OKC 3-8 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 3:59 · OKC 82-81 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 4:00 · OKC 109-107 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 13 | Threes made | 15 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 5 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 19 | Steals | 15 |
| 18 | Blocks | 24 |
