⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 9 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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 31 from three
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 33
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 6:14 · NY 61-63 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 5:56 · NY 93-105 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 4:02 · NY 95-113 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 63% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 25 | Assists | 31 |
| 74 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
