⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 29 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 4:28 · DEN 79-78 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 6:09 · DEN 43-44 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 1:48 · DEN 79-88 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 1:55 · DEN 104-119 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:55 · DEN 104-112 OKC
📊The numbers
| DEN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 16 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
