⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 37 from three
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 9:33 · OKC 9-4 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
