⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, eleven of twenty from three
- A 13-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 32 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 33
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 25
Q3 0:00 · OKC 64-89 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q4 6:35 · OKC 73-91 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 32
Q3 10:14 · OKC 34-66 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 14 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 4 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
