⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
21Points off turnovers10
15Assists7
15Fast break points7
44Points in the paint30
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 33
Q3 3:02 · OKC 80-47 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 23
Q4 11:26 · OKC 80-57 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q4 2:09 · OKC 91-75 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 7 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
