⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. 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, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 20-5 off them- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to eight
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 9:14 · LAL 58-59 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James lost ball turnover
Q4 3:39 · LAL 87-91 OKC
- Missed FT
Austin Reaves misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:47 · LAL 91-92 OKC
- Turnover
Austin Reaves bad pass
Q4 0:20 · LAL 93-97 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 9:56 · LAL 5-13 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 0:26 · LAL 48-54 OKC
- Steal
Jalen Williams stole it from Austin Reaves
Q4 0:20 · LAL 93-97 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:55 · LAL 87-91 OKC
- Missed FT
Jalen Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:37 · LAL 87-92 OKC
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
