⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 10 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 43 from three
- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 47
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 62
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 3:55 · LAC 31-26 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q3 6:40 · LAC 88-81 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 2:42 · LAC 97-83 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tim Hardaway Jr. flagrant foul type 1
Q4 0:37 · LAC 124-111 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 20 | Threes made | 10 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 30 | Assists | 22 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |