⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 18 rebounds to 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Derek Fisher turnover
Q4 1:14 · LAL 102-94 OKC
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant lost ball
Q4 0:16 · LAL 102-94 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 8:57 · LAL 36-43 OKC
- Steal
Chris Wilcox stole it from Kobe Bryant
Q4 0:16 · LAL 102-94 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses technical free throw
Q2 0:28 · LAL 54-52 OKC
- Technical
Delonte West technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:37 · LAL 65-61 OKC
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
