⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 25-14 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 12
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 16-point lead to 24
Q2 9:14 · OKC 51-27 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 20
Q2 4:16 · OKC 64-44 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 21 | Threes made | 10 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 39 | Assists | 29 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
