⏱️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
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 1:32 · OKC 61-50 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 8:26 · OKC 97-79 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 0 |
