⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 33 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 31 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 nineteen threes to their eight- A 17-0 run took them from 11 down to 6 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 36
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 8:12 · DAL 15-14 LAC
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 11 down to 6 up
Q1 1:03 · DAL 39-33 LAC
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19
Q2 9:13 · DAL 54-35 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:23 · DAL 0-8 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 3:10 · DAL 19-31 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Norman Powell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:07 · DAL 47-35 LAC
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:58 · DAL 73-48 LAC
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 19 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
