⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
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
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their five, and outscored them 17-5 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Paul George turnover
Q4 4:30 · LAC 98-97 DAL
- Missed FT
Marcus Morris Sr. misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:31 · LAC 100-103 DAL
- Missed FT
Marcus Morris Sr. misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:31 · LAC 100-103 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 3:13 · LAC 53-60 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 10:14 · LAC 60-68 DAL
- Winner
Dorian Finney-Smith hit a 26-foot three jumper, Luka Doncic with the assist
Q4 2:50 · LAC 100-103 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Hardaway Jr. lost ball turnover
Q4 3:29 · LAC 98-100 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
