⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 10 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q1 4:00 · LAC 21-23 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:05 · LAC 81-94 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Caron Butler technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:56 · LAC 8-14 DAL
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q2 8:02 · LAC 33-33 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
