⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second 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 Jazz did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 29 from three- A 12-0 run dragged them back level in the first quarter
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 6:00 · OKC 16-16 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steven Adams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:44 · OKC 113-105 UTAH
- Missed FT
Steven Adams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · OKC 114-108 UTAH
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:21 · OKC 116-108 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up
Q1 10:57 · OKC 4-16 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q4 1:46 · OKC 114-108 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 5 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 17 | Steals | 14 |
| 19 | Blocks | 21 |
