⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their no- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 19-6 off them
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their thirteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 11:19 · DAL 28-29 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 7:18 · DAL 90-71 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki Technical Foul. Nowitzki's 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 5:35 · DAL 14-10 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 3:41 · DAL 16-25 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 8 | Threes made | 0 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
