⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower 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, 10 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- They went cold, nine of 32 from three
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 7:38 · DAL 45-40 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 10:12 · DAL 66-53 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 8:08 · DAL 66-61 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 1:43 · DAL 77-71 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 14 | Assists | 22 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
