⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- They went cold, four of 31 from three
- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q1 2:07 · NY 17-33 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q2 10:25 · NY 24-46 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q2 6:45 · NY 29-55 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 14 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
