⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 31 from three
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten
- Beaten inside, 46 points in the paint to 72
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q1 6:57 · OKC 13-21 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 8
Q2 8:56 · OKC 43-51 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:45 · OKC 75-77 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tre Mann misses technical free throw
Q2 9:57 · OKC 31-49 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 11:43 · OKC 0-13 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 3:52 · OKC 18-35 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 7:25 · OKC 103-114 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 6 | Threes made | 18 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 32 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
