⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fifteen- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 32
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 10:48 · OKC 9-1 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q2 5:18 · OKC 45-39 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Chris Paul flagrant foul type 1 (Thabo Sefolosha draws the foul)
Q2 3:47 · OKC 42-32 LAC
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
