⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the third quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6 in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 7:43 · OKC 47-44 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q3 10:00 · OKC 80-67 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 8:08 · OKC 120-106 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chet Holmgren lost ball turnover
Q4 0:42 · OKC 134-126 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:03 · OKC 14-19 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 4:42 · OKC 89-80 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6
Q4 10:15 · OKC 112-106 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Ime Udoka technical foul
Q3 10:00 · OKC 67-67 HOU
- Technical
Jalen Green technical foul
Q3 8:12 · OKC 76-67 HOU
- Missed FT
Cam Whitmore misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:03 · OKC 134-126 HOU
📊The numbers
| OKC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 16 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
