⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 seventeen threes to their ten- A 16-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 24 in the second 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 13
Q2 3:15 · OKC 43-56 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 10:15 · OKC 4-16 LAL
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 24
Q2 6:27 · OKC 32-56 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q3 8:48 · OKC 50-76 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Montrezl Harrell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:01 · OKC 60-87 LAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
