Washington actually got more shot attempts than Oklahoma City, and still finished far behind. The gap was in what happened once those possessions reached a shot: OKC made far more of its looks and moved the ball to 33 assists. It makes the earlier question about breaking OKC's passing chain feel sharper, though the box score alone cannot show every defensive mistake. What did anyone watching see that Washington could have disrupted sooner?
Our provisional result is Oklahoma City 114, Washington 75. The final stat feed has Washington at 29 makes on 98 field-goal attempts, against 45 on 92 for Oklahoma City. Turnovers were close, 12 for Washington and 13 for OKC, so a simple turnover story misses the bigger gap.
