⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 37 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:37 · LAL 55-67 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 0:03 · LAL 45-58 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 3:22 · LAL 59-79 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 10:20 · LAL 71-90 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 17 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
