⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 21-2 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 2:27 · LAC 29-22 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 5:19 · LAC 114-105 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Danilo Gallinari lost ball turnover
Q4 1:20 · LAC 118-110 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 9:47 · LAC 8-11 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 10:23 · LAC 65-69 DAL
- Steal
Dorian Finney-Smith stole it from Danilo Gallinari
Q4 1:20 · LAC 118-110 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Hardaway Jr. lost ball turnover
Q4 3:04 · LAC 114-108 DAL
- Turnover
Luka Doncic out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:14 · LAC 118-110 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 14 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 33 | Assists | 28 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
