⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 40
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 39
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 14
Q3 0:00 · MEM 90-104 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 5:40 · MEM 42-55 OKC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Isaiah Hartenstein flagrant foul type 1
Q1 5:20 · MEM 10-18 OKC
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 18 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
