⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 0:40 · LAL 51-59 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 10:47 · LAL 72-91 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 0 |
