⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 45 from three
- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 50
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 8:10 · BKN 11-21 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 0:52 · BKN 26-41 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 6:03 · BKN 100-120 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 20 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 32 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 7 |
