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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thunder | 27 | 17 | 40 | 28 | 112 |
 Clippers | 33 | 24 | 25 | 31 | 113 |
OKCTeam statsLAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKC | 44-9446.8% | 11-3531.4% | 13-1968.4% | 45 | 27 | 12 |
| LAC | 40-8845.5% | 16-4139.0% | 17-2181.0% | 40 | 28 | 11 |
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LA Clippers113| 37 | 24 | 8-17 | 3-7 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 32 | 7 | 2-9 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −3.0 | |||||||
| 31 | 26 | 11-21 | 3-8 | 1-2 | +1 | +8.1 | ||||||||
| 29 | 14 | 5-10 | 4-7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 20 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.5 | ||||
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| 23 | 3 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 19 | 13 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +3.3 | ||||
| 18 | 14 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +1.2 | |||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1.5 | |||||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.5 | |||
| Team | 113 | 40-8845.5% | 16-4139.0% | 40 | 28 | 11 | 20 | 17-2181.0% | 10 | 7 | 7 | |||
Bench 40 points on 13 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Jalen Pickett, Cam Christie and Baba Miller (coach’s decision).
Oklahoma City Thunder112| 39 | 40 | 15-26 | 2-4 | 8-11 | 0 | +1 | +6.6 | |||||||
| 35 | 8 | 4-11 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | −0.2 | |||||
| 31 | 23 | 8-17 | 7-11, Career high (his best before, 6) | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −0.7 | |||||
| 30 | 21 | 9-10 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | +13 | +12.1 | |||||||
| 21 | 10 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −0.4 | |||||
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| 27 | 5 | 1-9 | 1-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | −6.3 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0-6 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.9 | |||||
| 16 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −3.7 | |||||||
| 12 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.4 | |||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −5.2 | ||
| Team | 112 | 44-9446.8% | 11-3531.4% | 45 | 27 | 12 | 17 | 13-1968.4% | 11 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 10 points on 3 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Brooks Barnhizer (coach’s decision).
Clippers113Thunder112ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Brook Lopez scored 26 points (14 in the paint), and the LA Clippers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 113-112.
The Clippers trailed 112-106 with 2:43 left and scored the last 7 points, going ahead for good on Darius Garland’s three-point play with 50 seconds left.
The Thunder had the ball down 1, but Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed a 21-foot step-back jumper with 2 seconds left that would have put them ahead. Gilgeous-Alexander went 3 for 6 on step-back jumpers. He has taken 597 step-back jumpers since 2022-23, the most in the NBA, and made 51.4% of them (the league: 44.1%).
During clutch time, the Clippers outscored the Thunder 12-10. Garland scored 6 of the Clippers’ 12 on 2 for 4 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line.
Garland had 24 points and 7 assists. Lopez and Garland set each other up for 6 baskets and 13 points, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Thunder, Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points, and Jared McCain added 23 points (17 in the third quarter) with 7 3-pointers. Isaiah Hartenstein had 21 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists on 9 for 10 shooting. The Thunder had 3 20-point scorers.
The Clippers outscored the Thunder 40-10 off the bench. The Thunder did not make a field goal in the last 3:01.
LA ClippersOklahoma City ThunderPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Clippers’ chance bottomed out at 9.5% (4th quarter, 2:21 left).
96 points from the field on 88 shots: 1.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-24 | 50.0% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-15 | 53.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-8 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 5-12 | 41.7% | 36% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-29 | 37.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 27 | 18 | 8-13 | +10 |
| Aday Mara | 16 | 7 | 3-6 | +2 |
| Alex Caruso | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 1 | 0-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Caruso | 27 | 0 | 0-5 | −8 |
| Jared McCain | 15 | 7 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Kenrich Williams | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Nikola Topić | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 14 | 5-7 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 27 | 3 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Aday Mara | 7 | 6 | 2-3 | +5 |
| Jared McCain | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Alex Caruso | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
Score margin over time — positive = LAC leads, negative = OKC leads
LAC Largest Lead
15
Q2 2:56
OKC Largest Lead
7
Q4 6:49
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
OKC 10-0 run
Q3 11:15 – Q3 9:24
+11 → +1
