⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 38 from three
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 31-21 off them
- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their eighteen
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 3:49 · OKC 118-104 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q2 9:43 · OKC 39-35 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 4:11 · OKC 48-48 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 1:40 · OKC 53-60 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ivica Zubac lost ball turnover
Q4 4:40 · OKC 106-102 LAC
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
