⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 23 from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 11:18 · LAC 33-23 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 0:41 · LAC 76-59 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 10:08 · LAC 55-48 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
