⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 9
- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 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.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 4:55 · BKN 28-18 OKC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DeAndre Jordan flagrant foul type 1
Q3 0:23 · BKN 81-90 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 11:27 · BKN 44-38 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 4:42 · BKN 76-84 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q3 0:59 · BKN 81-96 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
