Friday 29th March 2024,
The Hoop Doctors

Interesting Stats About The Thunder’s Win in Game 1

Thunder Game 1

Game 1 was everything we could have asked for and more in the Western Conference Finals as the stars came out to shine and the Oklahoma City Thunder came back from a 13-point halftime deficit to beat the Golden State Warriors and steal home court.

As always there was a little controversy (the Westbrook travel) but all in all the Thunder outplayed and out hustled the defending champs in the second half and delivered the first blow in what is anticipated to be a slug fest of a series.

Here are a few interesting stats about the Thunder’s upset victory:

The Thunder (and formerly Sonics) organization picked a great time to win their first road game 1 in a playoff series in 24 years.

This is a pretty incredible stat when you consider the rest of the NBA was 3-79 on the road against the Warriors and Spurs this season and 7-105 since March of 2015 including the 2015 NBA Playoffs.

The Warriors are an almost impossible team to come back against with their protection of the ball and ability to score at will.

Another crazy stat that shows just how rare it is to beat the Warriors when all three of their stars are healthy and come to play. The Thunder may be the only team in the NBA with the firepower to match the Warriors star wattage.

As great as Durant and Westbrook played spreading the ball around and hitting big buckets when their team needed it, neither particularly shot well which is a scary thought for the Warriors.

You know the defending champs will come out guns blazing in Game 2 as they try to even the series up before it heads to Oklahoma City.

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