⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of fourteen from three- A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q2 11:42 · OKC 25-31 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant Backcourt
Q4 4:31 · OKC 77-83 LAL
- Technical
Rick Fox Technical Foul
Q4 3:47 · OKC 77-86 LAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
