⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
-11Q126-36
+2Q224-22
+1Q340-36
-4Q425-30
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
14Turnovers20
9Offensive rebounds13
0Blocks1
10Steals7
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 3:50 · OKC 80-83 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 6:41 · OKC 15-26 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 16 | Threes made | 18 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 32 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 1 |
