⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 41
- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 4
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 cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 7:00 · DAL 72-90 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q2 9:44 · DAL 27-45 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q2 0:16 · DAL 45-69 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q3 5:53 · DAL 51-79 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 13 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 16 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
