⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 36- A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 3:13 · LAC 23-16 OKC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17
Q2 10:51 · LAC 39-22 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 2:35 · LAC 98-70 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
