⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 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
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 25-14 off them
- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 7:15 · DAL 41-48 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q3 8:45 · DAL 57-78 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 20
Q4 1:31 · DAL 104-124 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Rick Carlisle technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:07 · DAL 47-74 LAC
- Flagrant
Andrew Bogut flagrant foul type 1 (Chris Paul draws the foul)
Q3 8:53 · DAL 47-76 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q1 0:43 · DAL 27-36 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27
Q2 1:44 · DAL 45-72 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Austin Rivers technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 11:18 · DAL 70-93 LAC
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
