⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 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 fifteen threes to their nine- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 49
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 1:40 · MEM 26-27 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q3 0:51 · MEM 85-91 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q4 5:54 · MEM 96-107 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Taylor Jenkins technical foul
Q2 4:23 · MEM 43-47 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 7:38 · MEM 8-12 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q3 7:39 · MEM 64-78 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 8:57 · MEM 85-100 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
