⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twenty of 35 from three- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 27-6 off them
- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 49
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 5:58 · OKC 29-21 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 7:45 · OKC 72-87 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 10:48 · OKC 94-113 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 3:10 · OKC 110-132 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 16 | Threes made | 20 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 31 | Assists | 33 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
