⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 8 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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:52 · DEN 11-5 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Malone technical foul
Q3 2:50 · DEN 66-80 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:31 · DEN 21-23 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 5:11 · DEN 66-85 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 13 |
