⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 24- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 32
- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q1 1:01 · LAC 40-23 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Quinton Ross Lost Ball. Stolen by Dirk Nowitzki.
Q4 0:35 · LAC 100-92 DAL
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:27 · LAC 100-92 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 5:18 · LAC 73-68 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q4 4:24 · LAC 96-90 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
