⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 30-11 off them- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 44
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 25
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
Marcus Smart technical foul
Q4 3:38 · LAL 97-120 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 8:18 · LAL 65-78 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 0:45 · LAL 79-92 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q4 4:44 · LAL 97-124 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 14 | Threes made | 17 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
