⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their seventeen- Made eleven threes to their seventeen
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 1:20 · OKC 29-14 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 4:38 · OKC 45-28 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 4:16 · OKC 77-69 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q2 6:15 · OKC 37-28 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 3:39 · OKC 100-95 CHI
📊The numbers
| OKC | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 12 | Blocks | 2 |
