⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 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, 11 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 19-9 off them- Owned the paint, 80 points inside to 44
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 38
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 6:45 · LAC 23-9 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 0:31 · LAC 67-52 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 5:22 · LAC 90-69 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 18 |
| 80 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
