⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 22 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 22 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, 35 free throws to their 21- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 19-9 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 33 fast break points to 0
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 3 down to 6 up
Q1 9:11 · OKC 9-3 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q1 6:43 · OKC 22-6 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Russell Westbrook and Marreese Speights
Q4 2:45 · OKC 114-81 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
J.J. Redick misses technical free throw
Q1 10:03 · OKC 0-2 LAC
- Flagrant
Raymond Felton flagrant foul type 1 (Joffrey Lauvergne draws the foul)
Q4 9:33 · OKC 98-74 LAC
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 33 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
