⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 24- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 5:25 · LAC 56-47 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
