⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 29- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 18-10 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 6:30 · OKC 85-75 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 10:19 · OKC 103-85 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 1:39 · OKC 62-62 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 33 | Assists | 29 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
