⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 15 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, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Herbert Jones technical foul
Q4 2:32 · NO 81-103 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q2 4:13 · NO 39-54 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 2:33 · NO 66-85 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses technical free throw
Q4 2:32 · NO 81-103 OKC
📊The numbers
| NO | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 17 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 27 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
