⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 35 from three- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 6
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
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 cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 2:01 · LAC 52-60 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 9:31 · LAC 8-21 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:16 · LAC 104-110 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 17 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
