⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of twenty from three
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:03 · OKC 14-9 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 3:00 · OKC 27-18 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jerome James Offensive Foul. James's 6th Personal Foul, Seattle's 6th Team Foul.
Q4 0:49 · OKC 100-95 LAC
- Turnover
Jerome James Turnover
Q4 0:49 · OKC 100-95 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 2:51 · OKC 71-74 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bobby Simmons Lost Ball. Stolen by Rashard Lewis.
Q4 4:05 · OKC 93-93 LAC
- Turnover
Bobby Simmons Bad Pass. Stolen by Danny Fortson.
Q4 1:35 · OKC 97-94 LAC
- Missed FT
Elton Brand missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:06 · OKC 100-94 LAC
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
