⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
+2Q130-31
+3Q232-32
-13Q322-34
-6Q425-33
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 31
Key battles
25%Three-point accuracy45%
8Threes made14
10Steals6
21Points off turnovers14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 9:15 · SAC 12-10 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
De'Aaron Fox technical foul
Q4 10:43 · SAC 86-101 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
