⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of eighteen from three- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:04 · OKC 12-4 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q4 9:40 · OKC 90-81 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:27 · OKC 12-14 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q1 7:41 · OKC 12-15 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 9:04 · OKC 32-37 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 2:17 · OKC 42-52 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
