⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second 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, 15 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of twenty from three- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 31-23 off them
- A 15-0 run took them from 6 down to 9 up in the first quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 6 down to 9 up
Q1 1:17 · OKC 40-31 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 9:56 · OKC 69-53 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q3 8:02 · OKC 80-55 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q4 7:52 · OKC 102-90 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:18 · OKC 102-90 LAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
