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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thunder | 25 | 33 | 28 | 20 | 106 |
 Rockets | 34 | 33 | 17 | 28 | 112 |
OKCTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKC | 38-10336.9% | 12-4327.9% | 18-2281.8% | 52 | 22 | 10 |
| HOU | 41-9443.6% | 7-2330.4% | 23-3174.2% | 65 | 20 | 17 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Houston Rockets112| 35 | 25, Season high (his best before, 24) | 8-17 | 3-6 | 0 | 6-9 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.0 | |||||
| 33 | 10 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | +15 | −1.4 | |||||||
| 33 | 8 | 3-9 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 32 | 18 | 7-13 | 1-4 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +3.9 | |||||
| 27 | 9 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +6 | −5.5 | ||||||
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| 20 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −5.7 | ||||||
| 19 | 20, Career high (his best before, 19) | 8-21 | 1-2 | 3-3 | +1 | +9.2 | ||||||||
| 19 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.7 | ||||
| 14 | 11 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.1 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −5 | +3.6 | |||||
| Team | 112 | 41-9443.6% | 7-2330.4% | 65 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 23-3174.2% | 24 | 6 | 12 | |||
Bench 42 points on 16 for 37 shooting
Did not play: Usman Garuba, Boban Marjanovic and TyTy Washington Jr. (coach’s decision).
Oklahoma City Thunder106| 38 | 20 | 9-18 | 2-6 | 0-0 | −10 | +2.4 | ||||||||
| 34 | 24 | 7-23 | 0-3 | 10-10 | 0 | −7 | +0.4 | |||||||
| 29 | 8 | 2-9 | 2-4 | 2-2 | −5 | −3.0 | ||||||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.9 | ||||
| 12 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −3 | +0.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 13 | 6-12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.5 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 6-12 | 4-9 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | +2.1 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −4.4 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.1 | |||||
| 12 | 6 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.2 | ||||
| Team | 106 | 38-10336.9% | 12-4327.9% | 52 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 18-2281.8% | 24 | 11 | 6 | |||
Bench 44 points on 17 for 42 shooting
Rockets112Thunder106ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Tari Eason had a career-high 20 points (14 in the paint) and 13 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-106.
Eric Gordon’s corner 3-pointer put the Rockets ahead for good with 7:53 left in the fourth quarter.
The Thunder got within 96-95 on Josh Giddey’s floater with 7:38 to play, but Josh Christopher answered with a floater, and the Thunder got no closer than 100-98.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Thunder 7-2. In the fourth quarter, Jalen Williams had 2 steals, one of them leading to Giddey’s driving layup that tied the game at 93, and the Thunder scored 2 points off them.
Gordon scored a season-high 25 points.
For the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 24 points (12 in the paint), 8 rebounds and 3 steals but shot 7 for 23, and Giddey added 20 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
The Rockets shot 43.6% from the field and 30.4% from 3 to the Thunder’s 36.9% and 27.9%. The Thunder gave up 24 offensive rebounds, about 10 more than usual for the shots the Rockets missed. They outscored the Rockets 23-9 off turnovers.
Houston RocketsOklahoma City ThunderPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
89 points from the field on 94 shots: 20.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 25-49 | 51.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-17 | 47.1% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 1-5 | 20.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-3 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-20 | 30.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 19 | 0 | 0-2 | −4 |
| Kenrich Williams | 15 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Darius Bazley | 8 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 18 | 6-12 | +14 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ousmane Dieng | 10 | 4 | 2-7 | +2 |
| Jalen Williams | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Josh Giddey | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Kenrich Williams | 5 | 6 | 2-3 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 9 | 4-14 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 43 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Giddey | 33 | 5 | 2-6 | −2 |
| Jalen Williams | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Ousmane Dieng | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 8 | 3-4 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Martin Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Gordon 3 AST)
Q4 3:06
16.0%
79→95
Gordon 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS)
Q4 7:53
13.8%
54→68
Gilgeous-Alexander 12' Pullup Jump Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 4:17
13.7%
77→64
Sengun 2' Driving Layup (10 PTS)
Q4 3:44
13.5%
64→77
Eason 26' 3PT Jump Bank Shot (17 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
Q4 10:49
13.2%
43→56
