⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 28-13 off them- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 42
- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the fourth quarter
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 8:22 · POR 84-78 OKC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q3 1:17 · POR 112-103 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Damian Lillard bad pass
Q4 2:33 · POR 121-129 OKC
- Flagrant
Anfernee Simons flagrant foul type 1
Q4 2:02 · POR 121-133 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:43 · POR 56-54 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q4 9:06 · POR 112-113 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q4 3:14 · POR 121-136 OKC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Eugene Omoruyi flagrant foul type 1
Q2 7:06 · POR 44-43 OKC
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 16 | Threes made | 12 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
