⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their nine
A 16-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 12 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 3:22 · SAC 96-79 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 10:26 · SAC 111-86 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 7:53 · SAC 10-19 OKC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 12
Q4 4:57 · SAC 118-106 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 19 | Threes made | 9 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
