⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38
- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 2
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 cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 10:45 · DAL 62-76 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses technical free throw
Q4 10:25 · DAL 56-76 LAC
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 14 | Assists | 16 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
