⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
0Q130-27
+4Q222-18
+3Q328-22
-5Q416-19
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
63%Three-point accuracy22%
5Threes made2
25Free throws made16
13Fast break points8
🏀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 4-point lead to 13
Q2 0:17 · DAL 58-45 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
