⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 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 fourteen threes to their seven- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 34
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 28
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jazian Gortman misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 5:32 · DAL 65-70 LAC
- Technical
Jazian Gortman technical foul
Q3 5:32 · DAL 65-70 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 3:59 · DAL 69-85 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q4 4:17 · DAL 95-118 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kris Dunn flagrant foul type 2
Q3 5:32 · DAL 65-70 LAC
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 30 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
