⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 42
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 9:55 · CHA 57-67 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 2:04 · CHA 67-87 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
