⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 17-9 off them- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 32
- Made ten threes to their seventeen
- Went cold from three, ten of 43
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 3:53 · MEM 29-23 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses free throw flagrant 1 of 3
Q4 6:28 · MEM 91-95 OKC
- Missed FT
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses free throw flagrant 2 of 3
Q4 6:28 · MEM 91-95 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q3 9:24 · MEM 67-65 OKC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jaylin Williams flagrant foul type 1
Q4 6:28 · MEM 91-95 OKC
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 19 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
