⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their seven- A 14-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 23 in the fourth quarter
- Lost the glass, 44 rebounds to 60
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 6:55 · HOU 36-36 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Ime Udoka technical foul
Q4 4:13 · HOU 83-99 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 4:52 · HOU 38-47 OKC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 23
Q4 5:38 · HOU 83-106 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 16 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 12 |
