⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 18-7 off them- Made one threes to their seven
- Lost the glass, 44 rebounds to 56
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 0:45 · DAL 78-53 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 14
Q4 6:58 · DAL 88-74 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Olowokandi Technical Foul
Q3 6:33 · DAL 60-41 LAC
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 1 | Threes made | 7 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
