⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 20 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-9 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 14
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 27
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 8:52 · OKC 18-4 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q1 1:44 · OKC 41-20 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 39
Q3 6:03 · OKC 100-61 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 19 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 32 | Assists | 20 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
