⏱️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 Lakers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 24 from three
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 31
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 22-5 off them
Key battles
22Points off turnovers5
27Free throws made9
13Fast break points5
26%Three-point accuracy50%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- Steal
Jeff Green stole it from Pau Gasol
Q4 2:50 · OKC 92-91 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q4 4:31 · OKC 94-91 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:15 · OKC 4-13 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol offensive foul (Russell Westbrook draws the foul)
Q4 4:41 · OKC 84-91 LAL
- Turnover
Ron Artest turnover
Q4 4:18 · OKC 87-91 LAL
- Turnover
Pau Gasol lost ball
Q4 2:50 · OKC 92-91 LAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |