⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 33
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
- Ties it
Zeke Nnaji hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:30 · DEN 99-99 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:05 · DEN 92-96 OKC
- Missed FT
Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:05 · DEN 92-96 OKC
- Missed FT
Zeke Nnaji misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:05 · DEN 92-96 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 6:30 · DEN 59-66 OKC
- Winner
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hit a 8-foot jump bank shot, Josh Giddey with the assist
Q4 0:09 · DEN 99-101 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
