⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 32-9 off them
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 36
A 12-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 14 in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 7:44 · OKC 21-9 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q2 8:12 · OKC 51-24 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q2 1:37 · OKC 68-42 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 14
Q4 11:01 · OKC 108-94 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 17 | Threes made | 7 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
