⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 34-17 off them- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 2
- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 3:21 · DAL 79-75 LAC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q4 9:11 · DAL 103-86 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brendan Haywood flagrant foul type 1 (Blake Griffin draws the foul)
Q3 0:42 · DAL 79-75 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eric Bledsoe misses technical free throw
Q2 11:15 · DAL 25-35 LAC
- Missed FT
Blake Griffin misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q3 0:42 · DAL 79-75 LAC
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
