⏱️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
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
They went cold, fourteen of 45 from three- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- Steal
Cason Wallace stole it from Al Horford
Q4 2:51 · OKC 99-95 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander lost ball turnover
Q4 3:45 · OKC 99-95 GS
- Turnover
Jaylin Williams bad pass turnover
Q4 2:05 · OKC 99-95 GS
- Turnover
Jaylin Williams lost ball turnover
Q4 1:13 · OKC 99-97 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- Steal
Gui Santos stole it from Jaylin Williams
Q4 2:05 · OKC 99-95 GS
- Steal
Brandin Podziemski stole it from Jaylin Williams
Q4 1:13 · OKC 99-97 GS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Pat Spencer flagrant foul type 1
Q1 8:40 · OKC 8-8 GS
- Turnover
Al Horford lost ball turnover
Q4 2:51 · OKC 99-95 GS
- Missed FT
Gui Santos misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:02 · OKC 99-97 GS
📊The numbers
| OKC | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
