⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 37 from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q2 4:37 · OKC 56-59 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q3 0:52 · OKC 95-99 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander technical foul
Q2 1:39 · OKC 56-62 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 4:33 · OKC 22-32 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 9:56 · OKC 37-47 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 4:45 · OKC 79-90 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
