⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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, 19 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 26-13 off them- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 30
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 took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 8:48 · OKC 17-10 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q2 6:23 · OKC 53-26 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 37
Q4 9:03 · OKC 110-73 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses technical free throw
Q3 4:24 · OKC 84-51 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul
Q3 4:24 · OKC 84-51 LAL
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
