⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 29-18 off them- Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 49
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 2:30 · OKC 30-17 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 9:57 · OKC 56-42 LAC
- Winner
Rashard Lewis made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ray Allen.
Q4 1:47 · OKC 91-88 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerome James Technical Foul
Q3 0:46 · OKC 70-69 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 7:11 · OKC 37-36 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 2:33 · OKC 70-70 LAC
- Ties it
Sean Rooks made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Andre Miller.
Q4 2:04 · OKC 88-88 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Elton Brand missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:47 · OKC 86-83 LAC
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
