⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 30-10 off them
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 7:22 · OKC 45-36 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 10:03 · OKC 61-63 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 0:27 · OKC 73-85 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:26 · OKC 42-36 LAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
