⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 43
- A 21-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 24 in the third quarter
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up 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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 7:35 · GS 65-59 OKC
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 24
Q3 3:29 · GS 91-67 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q4 6:26 · GS 104-73 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:04 · GS 48-41 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 11:15 · GS 28-29 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q3 11:15 · GS 56-59 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant
Q2 2:07 · GS 42-39 OKC
- Technical
Paul George technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:08 · GS 91-70 OKC
📊The numbers
| GS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 6 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 14 | Steals | 15 |
| 21 | Blocks | 17 |
