⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 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, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 21-11 off them- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 22
- Made ten threes to their eighteen
- They shot well above their usual, eighteen of 40 from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q4 11:45 · POR 88-93 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Scoot Henderson lost ball turnover
Q4 2:14 · POR 104-110 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 0:02 · POR 27-34 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 6:59 · POR 36-54 OKC
- Steal
Cason Wallace stole it from Scoot Henderson
Q4 2:14 · POR 104-110 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
