⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 38- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 23-9 off them
- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 34
- A 13-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 30 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.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q1 6:08 · SAC 20-22 OKC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Russell Westbrook flagrant foul type 1
Q4 10:29 · SAC 83-104 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 8:28 · SAC 11-22 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:26 · SAC 32-36 OKC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 30
Q4 6:59 · SAC 92-122 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 15 | Threes made | 13 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
