⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Went cold from three, three of fourteen- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 24-10 off them
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the first quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Elton Brand Technical Foul
Q1 7:35 · LAC 9-14 DAL
- Missed FT
Chris Wilcox missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:56 · LAC 92-96 DAL
- Missed FT
Chris Wilcox missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:55 · LAC 93-98 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q1 4:33 · LAC 15-35 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Antoine Walker Bad Pass
Q4 2:42 · LAC 93-96 DAL
- Missed FT
Antoine Walker missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:55 · LAC 96-98 DAL
- Missed FT
Steve Nash missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:12 · LAC 96-99 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
