⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 28 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 29 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 four- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 36
- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 22-10 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 3
- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 49-point deficit to 39
Q3 11:22 · LAC 38-77 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 57-point deficit to 47
Q4 5:41 · LAC 73-120 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:24 · LAC 2-10 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q1 5:50 · LAC 5-25 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 45-point lead to 57
Q4 9:10 · LAC 63-120 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 14 |
| 12% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 13 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
