⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 7- Made twelve threes to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 11:40 · MEM 86-91 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jaren Jackson Jr. lost ball turnover
Q4 0:57 · MEM 107-112 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 0:09 · MEM 54-63 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 2:01 · MEM 75-89 OKC
- Steal
Cason Wallace stole it from Jaren Jackson Jr.
Q4 0:57 · MEM 107-112 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jalen Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:48 · MEM 106-111 OKC
- Turnover
Jalen Williams back court turnover
Q4 0:29 · MEM 107-114 OKC
- Turnover
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander discontinue dribble turnover
Q4 0:11 · MEM 109-116 OKC
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 18 | Threes made | 12 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 34 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
