⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 22-12 off them- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:20 · NO 8-2 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 1:39 · NO 41-54 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
