⏱️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 second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
+3Q124-19
-13Q219-32
+16Q336-20
+2Q429-25
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 24- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 27-8 off them
Key battles
27Points off turnovers8
6Steals2
9Turnovers17
24Free throws made18
🏀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 6 down to 3 up
Q2 9:40 · LAL 28-31 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
