⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 22 from three- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 29
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
- Technical
Double technical foul - Mo Williams and Kevin Durant
Q2 1:50 · LAC 38-44 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 0:26 · LAC 21-32 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
James Harden technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:23 · LAC 73-71 OKC
📊The numbers
| LAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 12 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
