⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 70 rebounds to 37
- Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 50
- A 12-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 23 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 26
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 11-point lead to 23
Q2 5:08 · OKC 68-45 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q4 9:50 · OKC 124-94 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses technical free throw
Q1 7:42 · OKC 11-11 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul
Q1 7:42 · OKC 11-11 SAC
📊The numbers
| OKC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 19 | Threes made | 11 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 37 | Assists | 25 |
| 74 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
