⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their six- They went cold, six of 33 from three
- Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their ten
- Beaten inside, 28 points in the paint to 58
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- Steal
Jusuf Nurkic stole it from Josh Giddey
Q4 1:47 · POR 86-91 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jusuf Nurkic turnover
Q4 4:46 · POR 84-91 OKC
- Turnover
Anfernee Simons out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:46 · POR 88-91 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 1:25 · POR 19-24 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 9:00 · POR 29-35 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q4 10:08 · POR 80-86 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luguentz Dort offensive foul
Q4 2:35 · POR 84-91 OKC
- Turnover
Josh Giddey bad pass
Q4 1:47 · POR 86-91 OKC
- Missed FT
Luguentz Dort misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:03 · POR 93-95 OKC
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 15 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
