⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 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 twelve threes to their four- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 13
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 23
Q4 3:55 · DAL 86-109 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Chandler Parsons technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 5:54 · DAL 77-106 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 8:41 · DAL 12-16 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 5:09 · DAL 47-49 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 1:05 · DAL 68-86 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
