⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
+2Q118-17
+2Q225-18
+7Q330-26
-7Q422-27
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 34- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 19-8 off them
Key battles
8Points off turnovers19
55%Three-point accuracy31%
19Free throws made30
5Blocks9
🏀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 9-point lead to 17
Q4 11:11 · OKC 81-64 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 0:30 · OKC 93-85 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
