⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 18-10 off them
- Won the second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to five
- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 8:12 · OKC 17-7 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 1:20 · OKC 59-56 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q2 4:22 · OKC 48-56 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 10:19 · OKC 60-67 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 1:45 · OKC 93-119 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
