⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- They went cold, three of eighteen from three
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 7:07 · LAC 65-54 DAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q4 8:10 · LAC 92-79 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Ricky Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:52 · LAC 73-66 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 9:30 · LAC 79-79 DAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jason Kidd flagrant foul type 1 (Al Thornton draws the foul)
Q4 5:35 · LAC 88-79 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
