⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 22-6 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q4 7:08 · OKC 113-82 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Brandon Ingram technical foul
Q3 11:31 · OKC 63-50 NO
- Technical
Herbert Jones technical foul
Q4 6:50 · OKC 109-82 NO
📊The numbers
| OKC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
