⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the second quarter
- Made three threes to their twelve
- They shot well above their usual, twelve of twenty from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q2 4:45 · LAC 39-45 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 10:49 · LAC 63-76 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:00 · LAC 87-95 OKC
📊The numbers
| LAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 3 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
