⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 36- Made ten threes to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 4:27 · POR 46-42 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shaedon Sharpe offensive foul
Q4 2:34 · POR 105-109 OKC
- Turnover
Shaedon Sharpe turnover
Q4 2:34 · POR 105-109 OKC
- Missed FT
Deni Avdija misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:15 · POR 109-115 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 3:27 · POR 14-23 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 11:26 · POR 87-93 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
