⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 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, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 26-10 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q4 10:10 · LAL 83-72 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 10:51 · LAL 1-10 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q2 10:25 · LAL 28-27 OKC
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
