⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 25-12 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 7:26 · OKC 20-9 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Steven Adams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:58 · OKC 56-39 UTAH
- Flagrant
Danilo Gallinari flagrant foul type 1
Q3 4:39 · OKC 78-56 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 20
Q3 6:57 · OKC 78-58 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
