⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 63 rebounds to 43- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 23-5 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 took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 4:07 · OKC 26-24 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 0:17 · OKC 35-26 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chet Holmgren misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · OKC 119-118 DEN
- Missed FT
Chet Holmgren misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · OKC 119-118 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q3 4:14 · OKC 82-77 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 2:40 · OKC 115-114 DEN
- Winner
Aaron Gordon hit a 25-foot three shot, Russell Westbrook with the assist
Q4 0:02 · OKC 119-121 DEN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Nikola Jokic flagrant foul type 1
Q4 6:48 · OKC 104-95 DEN
- Missed FT
Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 5:00 · OKC 110-102 DEN
- Missed FT
Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:18 · OKC 115-108 DEN
📊The numbers
| OKC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
