⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their sixteen- Shot well above their usual, 23 of 43 from three
- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 34-15 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 4:22 · OKC 23-12 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q2 6:18 · OKC 56-29 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 42
Q3 8:21 · OKC 94-52 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 41-point deficit to 30
Q4 11:01 · OKC 117-87 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 23 | Threes made | 16 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 39 | Assists | 29 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 34 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
