⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 31 from three
- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 26-14 off them
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to seven
- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 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.
Jazz
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q2 1:44 · UTAH 54-55 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 10:01 · UTAH 29-45 OKC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q3 1:21 · UTAH 76-94 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 15 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
