⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 41
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Drummond technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:02 · DET 51-69 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 1:31 · DET 17-30 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 7:25 · DET 49-68 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q3 4:02 · DET 54-83 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
