⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 29-9 off them- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 26
- A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up 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.
Thunder
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up
Q2 1:03 · OKC 73-59 MEM
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 2 down to 15 up
Q4 7:20 · OKC 114-99 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q4 3:24 · OKC 125-102 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 13 | Threes made | 16 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 28 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
