⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 20-6 off them- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 24
- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to six
- Made seven threes to their thirteen
- Went cold from three, seven of 29
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 0:01 · LAC 57-50 DAL
- Lead
Austin Rivers hit a 25-foot step back jumper
Q4 1:38 · LAC 88-85 DAL
- Steal
DeAndre Jordan stole it from Deron Williams
Q4 1:29 · LAC 88-85 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford bad pass
Q4 2:47 · LAC 85-84 DAL
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford bad pass
Q4 1:07 · LAC 88-85 DAL
- Turnover
Austin Rivers lost ball turnover
Q4 0:00 · LAC 88-90 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 4:30 · LAC 40-45 DAL
- Steal
Wesley Matthews stole it from Jamal Crawford
Q4 2:47 · LAC 85-84 DAL
- Winner
Harrison Barnes hit a 10-foot two point shot
Q4 0:03 · LAC 88-90 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Salah Mejri misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:50 · LAC 85-84 DAL
- Turnover
Deron Williams bad pass
Q4 1:29 · LAC 88-85 DAL
- Missed FT
Wesley Matthews misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:33 · LAC 88-87 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 13 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
