⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 37 from three- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their ten
- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 21-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 3:46 · DAL 28-26 OKC
- Go-ahead
Reggie Bullock hit a 24-foot three jumper, Jalen Brunson with the assist
Q4 0:09 · DAL 103-101 OKC
- Ties it
Jalen Brunson hit a 13-foot pullup jump shot, Luka Doncic with the assist
OT 4:21 · DAL 105-105 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
OT 1:16 · DAL 107-114 OKC
- Turnover
Luka Doncic bad pass
OT 0:06 · DAL 114-120 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- Ties it
Kenrich Williams hit a 2-foot layup, Josh Giddey with the assist
Q4 0:07 · DAL 103-103 OKC
- Lead
Kenrich Williams hit a driving dunk
OT 4:47 · DAL 103-105 OKC
- Winner
Luguentz Dort hit a 27-foot three jumper, Kenrich Williams with the assist
OT 4:04 · DAL 105-108 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darius Bazley misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:00 · DAL 90-95 OKC
- Turnover
Josh Giddey bad pass
Q4 1:43 · DAL 94-99 OKC
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:26 · DAL 100-101 OKC
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 17 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 25 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
