⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 3:57 · LAC 66-71 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 1:15 · LAC 76-74 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Michael Olowokandi Offensive Foul
Q4 3:42 · LAC 84-84 DAL
- Turnover
Michael Olowokandi Foul
Q4 3:42 · LAC 84-84 DAL
- Missed FT
Elton Brand missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:28 · LAC 84-89 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shawn Bradley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:39 · LAC 81-83 DAL
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:39 · LAC 86-91 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
