⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 8 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 4
- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasual Butler technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:53 · LAC 52-70 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 10:03 · LAC 4-14 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q3 1:28 · LAC 66-99 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 37 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
