⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 38- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 26-10 off them
A 13-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 12 in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q1 4:08 · LAL 23-22 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q2 10:46 · LAL 37-27 OKC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q3 6:03 · LAL 81-64 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Austin Reaves technical foul
Q1 10:23 · LAL 2-8 OKC
- Technical
Taurean Prince technical foul
Q3 9:28 · LAL 59-51 OKC
- Missed FT
D'Angelo Russell misses technical free throw
Q3 8:29 · LAL 59-57 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 10:45 · LAL 2-13 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 9:47 · LAL 59-57 OKC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 12
Q4 3:43 · LAL 116-104 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Williams technical foul
Q3 8:29 · LAL 59-57 OKC
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 16 | Threes made | 15 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
