⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. 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, 12 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 fourteen threes to their four- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 26
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q2 8:07 · LAC 44-20 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q3 0:30 · LAC 87-60 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 35
Q4 9:22 · LAC 100-65 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 26
Q4 6:26 · LAC 105-79 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
