⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 32 from three
- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 37
- A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19 in the first 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q3 7:44 · OKC 61-85 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q4 3:52 · OKC 105-116 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Danilo Gallinari technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:16 · OKC 80-98 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19
Q1 5:50 · OKC 13-32 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:15 · OKC 88-106 LAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
