⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 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 fifteen threes to their two- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 33
- A 14-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 31 in the third quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 0:35 · DAL 33-22 LAC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 31
Q3 7:41 · DAL 84-53 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 32-point lead to 43
Q3 0:04 · DAL 102-59 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 15 | Threes made | 2 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
