⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their nine- A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 31
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Luke Kennard technical foul
Q3 5:51 · LAL 54-76 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19
Q2 3:42 · LAL 46-65 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q3 6:56 · LAL 54-81 OKC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 41
Q3 0:39 · LAL 62-103 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 21 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 29 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 15 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
