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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thunder | 29 | 22 | 36 | 27 | 114 |
 Grizzlies | 40 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 108 |
OKCTeam statsMEM| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKC | 39-8645.3% | 13-3834.2% | 23-3369.7% | 43 | 24 | 11 |
| MEM | 36-8343.4% | 14-4233.3% | 22-2684.6% | 41 | 23 | 16 |
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Oklahoma City Thunder114| 40 | 31 | 10-26 | 2-7 | 9-9 | 0 | +4 | −0.3 | |||||||
| 37 | 26 | 9-16 | 2-6 | 6-10 | +13 | +5.9 | ||||||||
| 35 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-2 | +8 | −10.0 | |||||||
| 32 | 24 | 8-16 | 5-10 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +2.7 | |||||
| 21 | 5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.0 | ||||||
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| 24 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | +5 | +5.1 | ||||||||
| 15 | 10 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | +5.0 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −4.9 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −0.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.0 | ||
| Team | 114 | 39-8645.3% | 13-3834.2% | 43 | 24 | 11 | 23 | 23-3369.7% | 12 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 26 points on 10 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Kenrich Williams and Dillon Jones (coach’s decision).
Memphis Grizzlies108| 38 | 22 | 7-16 | 1-2 | 7-8 | −9 | −1.8 | ||||||||
| 38 | 28 | 8-16 | 6-10 | 6-6 | 0 | −5 | +5.3 | |||||||
| 37 | 10 | 3-14 | 2-11 | 2-2 | −10 | −8.0 | ||||||||
| 30 | 9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | −2 | −1.0 | |||||||
| 16 | 15 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +5.0 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −13 | −0.2 | |||||
| 31 | 14 | 6-14 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | −2.9 | |||||||
| 17 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | −1.2 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +0.6 | ||
| Team | 108 | 36-8343.4% | 14-4233.3% | 41 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 22-2684.6% | 9 | 9 | 7 | |||
Bench 24 points on 9 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Jay Huff, GG Jackson, Lamar Stevens and Marvin Bagley III (coach’s decision).
Thunder114Grizzlies108ClickTap 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.
Jalen Williams scored 26 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from 29 points down in the second quarter to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 114-108 for a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.
The Thunder trailed 69-40 with 3:07 left in the second quarter and 77-51 at halftime. They outscored the Grizzlies 74-39 the rest of the way, the biggest comeback of these playoffs.
The Grizzlies had the ball down 3 with 57 seconds left, but Alex Caruso stole the ball from Scotty Pippen Jr.. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
Caruso’s driving layup with 19.4 seconds left made it 113-108 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Thunder outscored the Grizzlies 9-3. Chet Holmgren scored 5 of the Thunder’s 9 on 1 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Caruso had 3 of his 4 steals, 1 of them during a 9-0 Thunder run, and the Thunder scored 4 points off them.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points and 8 assists, and Holmgren added 24 points and 8 rebounds. The Thunder had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Grizzlies, Pippen had 28 points and 3 steals, and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 22 points.
The Grizzlies committed 16 turnovers to the Thunder’s 11. The Thunder scored the last 9 points of the game. The Grizzlies were outscored 17-7 in 6 minutes with Kennard, Jackson, Bane, Aldama and Pippen on the floor together.
Oklahoma City ThunderMemphis GrizzliesPS, 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. The Thunder’s chance bottomed out at <1% (2nd quarter, 3:07 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
91 points from the field on 86 shots: 1.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-21 | 61.9% | 66% |
| In the paint | 7-16 | 43.8% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 6-11 | 54.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-31 | 32.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotty Pippen Jr. | 32 | 12 | 5-6 | −3 |
| Desmond Bane | 13 | 0 | 0-4 | −6 |
| John Konchar | 9 | 5 | 0-2 | +1 |
| Santi Aldama | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 14 | 5-14 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 34 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desmond Bane | 26 | 7 | 2-5 | −2 |
| Scotty Pippen Jr. | 11 | 1 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Jaren Jackson Jr. | 8 | 5 | 1-1 | +2 |
| John Konchar | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 11 | 5-8 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaren Jackson Jr. | 26 | 10 | 4-7 | +3 |
| Zach Edey | 9 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Santi Aldama | 6 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Desmond Bane | 4 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 1 | 0-3 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 15 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.
MEM win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
OKC
50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Holmgren 25' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Caruso 3 AST)
Q4 2:39
20.1%
73→53
Jal. Williams Free Throw 2 of 2 (26 PTS)
Q4 1:20
19.0%
56→37
Holmgren Free Throw 2 of 2 (24 PTS)
Q4 0:57
12.5%
27→14
Caruso 1' Running Finger Roll Layup (9 PTS) (Jal. Williams 5 AST)
Q4 0:19
11.9%
13→1
Pippen Jr. 3PT Jump Shot (28 PTS) (Bane 4 AST)
Q4 4:51
11.7%
57→68
