⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:02 · LAL 8-0 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 7:07 · LAL 37-47 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 36
Q4 4:45 · LAL 90-126 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 11 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 4 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 17 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 17 |
