⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 26
Q4 11:13 · PHX 88-114 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul
Q2 6:37 · PHX 37-55 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q2 7:07 · PHX 37-61 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 32
Q3 9:02 · PHX 60-92 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 15 | Threes made | 15 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
