⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 32
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 23-13 off them
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 42
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 0:29 · LAC 21-34 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 41
Q4 2:10 · LAC 83-124 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses technical free throw
Q3 4:56 · LAC 53-77 OKC
📊The numbers
| LAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 36 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 17 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
