⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ PHX 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 Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 20-11 off them- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 22
- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 40
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q1 5:16 · OKC 26-10 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 29% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
