⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 25-14 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 8
- A 16-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 47 rebounds to 57
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q3 5:06 · UTAH 81-93 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 0:31 · UTAH 58-77 OKC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 28
Q3 1:23 · UTAH 86-114 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 38
Q4 4:07 · UTAH 104-142 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 17 | Threes made | 24 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 41 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
