⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 34-2 off them- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 24
- A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 7:51 · OKC 18-12 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25
Q2 9:54 · OKC 49-24 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 39
Q4 5:02 · OKC 117-78 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Isaiah Hartenstein flagrant foul type 1
Q2 10:34 · OKC 37-23 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Dillon Brooks flagrant foul type 1
Q1 7:04 · OKC 14-12 PHX
- Missed FT
Royce O'Neale misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 10:34 · OKC 37-23 PHX
📊The numbers
| OKC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 16 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 34 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
