⏱️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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 33 from three
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 31
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 19-4 off them
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their five
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 8 down to 1 up
Q1 1:08 · OKC 37-36 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 8:33 · OKC 49-44 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:17 · OKC 0-8 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 18 | Threes made | 12 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 31 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 1 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
