⏱️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
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 25-7 off them- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6
- Made ten threes to their seventeen
- Went cold from three, ten of 42
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6
Q4 3:07 · CHI 106-112 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 4:12 · CHI 12-22 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 8:30 · CHI 63-71 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 2:56 · CHI 74-87 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
