⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 32 from three
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q3 3:14 · OKC 84-101 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 10:59 · OKC 42-49 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Taurean Prince technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:30 · OKC 105-116 LAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 13 | Threes made | 16 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 37 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
