⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:32 · LAL 28-28 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Derek Fisher Technical Foul
Q3 3:11 · LAL 75-74 OKC
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant Out of Bounds
Q4 1:06 · LAL 104-96 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
