⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 26-5 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:12 · OKC 20-13 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 3:38 · OKC 53-44 WSH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24
Q4 9:48 · OKC 110-86 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 2:53 · OKC 83-81 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 17 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Steals | 3 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
