⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
-1Q122-28
-4Q224-33
+1Q328-29
+5Q420-16
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 28- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
1Fast break points12
5Blocks1
28Points in the paint56
25Free throws made12
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 9:52 · CHA 81-100 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 29 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
