⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 10- A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 3:16 · PHX 29-22 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 10:53 · PHX 67-72 OKC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q3 1:49 · PHX 93-109 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 15 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 31 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
