⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
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
Made fourteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 29 from three
- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their six
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 50
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q1 7:18 · LAC 21-17 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 1:45 · LAC 61-58 DAL
- Steal
Blake Griffin stole it from Samuel Dalembert
Q4 2:16 · LAC 101-109 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 3:55 · LAC 21-27 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 5:43 · LAC 70-73 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 8:25 · LAC 89-99 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Samuel Dalembert lost ball turnover
Q4 2:16 · LAC 101-109 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
