⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
+5Q134-29
+10Q233-23
-4Q330-32
+14Q433-19
▼ UTAH 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 Jazz did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their 26, and were outscored 32-6 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 15
Key battles
6Points off turnovers32
7Turnovers26
5Blocks14
12Steals5
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 7:23 · OKC 19-16 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 24 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 14 |
