The Clippers built a 16 point lead in the first half. The Thunder would shave it down to 4 at the break and then suffocate the Clippers on offense with their top ranked defense. The Clippers had no answers for OKC's D in the 3rd qtr where the Thunder outscored the Clippers 42-20 as they had more baskets then the Clippers did shots.

James Harden was out and that was noticeable in the 2nd half. Norm Powel had a rare off night going 0-9 at one point finishing 1-11 with just 6 points. Amir Coffey who took Harden's spot in the starting line-up lead the way for LA with 26. 116-98 the final