⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 36- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 20
- A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
A 16-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 7 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 7
Q3 9:47 · SAC 61-68 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q4 1:10 · SAC 105-121 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 2:41 · SAC 17-26 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q2 1:51 · SAC 37-61 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25
Q4 4:48 · SAC 94-119 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Mark Daigneault technical foul
Q3 10:23 · SAC 44-66 OKC
📊The numbers
| SAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 23 | Threes made | 19 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 32 | Assists | 30 |
| 20 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
