⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 22- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 25-8 off them
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 3 down to 5 up
Q2 6:39 · LAC 41-36 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 9:38 · LAC 63-59 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 0:38 · LAC 52-56 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Wilcox technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:34 · LAC 47-38 OKC
📊The numbers
| LAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
