⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 27-17 off them- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 31
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 0:57 · POR 68-65 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 4:39 · POR 14-26 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 5:43 · POR 78-89 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 2:22 · POR 83-103 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Williams technical foul
Q3 5:52 · POR 77-80 OKC
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 15 | Threes made | 19 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 31 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
