⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 28-12 off them
- Went cold from three, nine of 29
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 5:56 · OKC 42-34 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 11:30 · OKC 52-42 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ronald Murray Lost Ball. Stolen by Bobby Simmons.
Q4 0:59 · OKC 104-98 LAC
- Missed FT
Vladimir Radmanovic missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:11 · OKC 106-100 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 12 |
