⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 42- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 1:30 · LAC 29-21 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 6:03 · LAC 46-27 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 0:54 · LAC 85-66 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7
Q2 4:11 · LAC 46-39 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 4:18 · LAC 73-60 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
