⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 dragged them back level
Q1 4:54 · LAL 23-23 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 7:54 · LAL 70-55 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 0:01 · LAL 89-66 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 7 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 19 | Blocks | 11 |
