⏱️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
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 14-4 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 10:20 · DAL 33-41 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Powell technical foul
Q1 4:39 · DAL 17-27 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 9:56 · DAL 9-16 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q1 0:31 · DAL 25-41 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
