⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 28- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 6:52 · OKC 27-16 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 7:03 · OKC 85-67 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 6:31 · OKC 122-103 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q1 0:56 · OKC 37-30 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 4:18 · OKC 91-79 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
