⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first 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 fourteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 30 from three
- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the fourth quarter
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
- Missed FT
Kawhi Leonard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:58 · LAC 76-84 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q4 9:15 · LAC 73-81 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:49 · LAC 79-84 DAL
- Missed FT
Derrick Jones Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:21 · LAC 88-92 DAL
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:12 · LAC 90-94 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
