⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 six- A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 17-8 off them
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up
Q1 11:47 · LAC 17-0 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 2:34 · LAC 87-80 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 5:47 · LAC 108-93 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 7:48 · LAC 72-71 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
