⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 21
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Quentin Richardson Technical Foul
Q2 9:14 · LAC 19-38 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 1:00 · LAC 15-32 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q2 9:45 · LAC 19-44 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
