⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 32 from three- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 1:06 · GS 60-67 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 4:47 · GS 83-84 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 8:33 · GS 10-12 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 2:36 · GS 83-92 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 14 | Threes made | 19 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 31 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
