⏱️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
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q4 4:33 · OKC 107-95 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses technical free throw
Q3 2:37 · OKC 73-67 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q4 9:25 · OKC 92-91 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Karl-Anthony Towns flagrant foul type 1
Q3 11:06 · OKC 53-54 NY
- Turnover
Mitchell Robinson bad pass turnover
Q4 4:20 · OKC 99-95 NY
📊The numbers
| OKC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
