⏱️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
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of thirteen from three- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 12 rebounds to 24
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q2 11:18 · DAL 35-24 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 4:56 · DAL 97-81 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Josh Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:56 · DAL 88-81 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
