⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher 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, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 15-5 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 5:16 · LAC 51-48 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Chris Paul and Kevin Durant
Q2 1:43 · LAC 55-52 OKC
- Technical
Double technical foul - Matt Barnes and Kendrick Perkins
Q3 4:56 · LAC 71-76 OKC
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:58 · LAC 101-102 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 8:55 · LAC 14-13 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Durant offensive foul (Blake Griffin draws the foul)
Q4 2:42 · LAC 105-108 OKC
- Turnover
Kevin Durant turnover
Q4 2:42 · LAC 105-108 OKC
- Missed FT
Reggie Jackson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · LAC 109-115 OKC
📊The numbers
| LAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 1 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
