⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 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, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 26-14 off them
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 from level to 11 points up
Q1 3:50 · OKC 27-16 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 7:14 · OKC 107-94 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Alex Caruso technical foul
Q3 10:34 · OKC 61-63 LAL
- Flagrant
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander flagrant foul type 1
Q3 10:34 · OKC 61-64 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 0 |
