⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen
- A 17-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 27 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 23
A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5
Q2 3:28 · ATL 64-69 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 6:11 · ATL 11-25 OKC
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 27
Q3 4:31 · ATL 81-108 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 15 | Threes made | 23 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 37 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
