⏱️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
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 32 from three- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 29-12 off them
- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 51
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 7:27 · OKC 43-35 PHX
- Steal
Luguentz Dort stole it from Devin Booker
Q4 1:29 · OKC 118-114 PHX
- Steal
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stole it from Devin Booker
Q4 1:11 · OKC 120-114 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander lost ball turnover
Q4 2:09 · OKC 115-114 PHX
- Missed FT
Chet Holmgren misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · OKC 120-117 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q4 10:50 · OKC 97-92 PHX
- Steal
Dillon Brooks stole it from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Q4 2:09 · OKC 115-114 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Devin Booker bad pass
Q4 1:29 · OKC 118-114 PHX
- Turnover
Devin Booker lost ball turnover
Q4 1:11 · OKC 120-114 PHX
📊The numbers
| OKC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 15 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
