⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower 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, 12 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 24- A 16-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 43 in the fourth quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 28
Q3 8:48 · OKC 80-52 LAL
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 43
Q4 10:41 · OKC 106-63 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Russell Westbrook and Julius Randle
Q1 6:20 · OKC 14-8 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Roy Hibbert flagrant foul type 1 (Steven Adams draws the foul)
Q3 8:48 · OKC 65-52 LAL
- Technical
Marcelo Huertas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 10:41 · OKC 91-63 LAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 28% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 15 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 1 |
