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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 34 | 32 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 133 |
 Mavericks | 24 | 34 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 135 |
LACTeam statsDAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 45-9746.4% | 14-3836.8% | 29-3290.6% | 41 | 19 | 9 |
| DAL | 52-10450.0% | 13-3636.1% | 18-2475.0% | 54 | 20 | 11 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Dallas Mavericks135| 46 | 43 | 18-31 | 4-10 | 3-5 | +11 | +15.8 | ||||||||
| 37 | 7 | 2-8 | 0-5 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −9 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 37 | 25 | 10-14 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0 | +17 | +6.6 | |||||||
| 35 | 21 | 8-18 | 3-8 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.2 | |||||
| 34 | 8 | 3-9 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | −9 | +0.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 15 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | +5 | +1.0 | |||||||
| 19 | 3 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −4.8 | ||||
| 16 | 10 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +1.8 | ||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −2.7 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.5 | |||
| Team | 135 | 52-10450.0% | 13-3636.1% | 54 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 18-2475.0% | 11 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 31 points on 11 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Josh Reaves and Delon Wright (coach’s decision); Kristaps Porziņģis (injury/illness).
LA Clippers133| 47 | 32 | 10-22 | 3-9 | 9-10 | −13 | +6.5 | ||||||||
| 45 | 9 | 3-14 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | −10.9 | |||||||
| 35 | 9 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | −4.7 | ||||||
| 23 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −2.9 | ||||||
| 22 | 15 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +4.1 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 36 | 13-20 | 2-4 | 8-9 | 0 | +15 | +12.5 | |||||||
| 28 | 14 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +3.0 | |||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 13 | 8 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +2.0 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 133 | 45-9746.4% | 14-3836.8% | 41 | 19 | 9 | 23 | 29-3290.6% | 8 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 60 points on 21 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Patrick Patterson, Rodney McGruder and Amir Coffey (coach’s decision).
Mavericks135Clippers133ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Luka Dončić made a step-back 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime, and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from 21 points down in the second quarter to beat the LA Clippers 135-133 in overtime to even the first-round series 2-2.
The Mavericks trailed 52-31 with 8:12 left in the second quarter. They were still down 133-132 at the buzzer in overtime, with a 2.2% chance to win, and outscored the Clippers 3-0 the rest of the way, the biggest comeback of these playoffs.
During clutch time, the Mavericks outscored the Clippers 25-21. Dončić scored 13 of the Mavericks’ 25 on 5 for 9 shooting. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Trey Burke had 2 steals, one of them leading to Dorian Finney-Smith’s layup that tied the game at 123, and the Mavericks scored 4 points off them.
Dončić had 43 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists. Burke added 25 points on 10 for 14 shooting, and Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 21 points (7 during a 16-0 run in the third quarter). The Mavericks had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Clippers, Lou Williams scored 36 points (20 in the paint) on 13 for 20 shooting off the bench, and Paul George went 1 for 7 from 3. Kawhi Leonard had 32 points and 9 rebounds. The Clippers had 2 30-point scorers.
The Clippers got 8 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Mavericks 60-31 off the bench. The Clippers outscored the Mavericks 20-9 in 5 minutes with Williams, George, Jackson, Green and Zubac on the floor together.
Dallas MavericksLA ClippersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Mavericks’ chance bottomed out at 2.2% (OT, 0.0s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
117 points from the field on 104 shots: 9.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-29 | 72.4% | 64% |
| In the paint | 10-24 | 41.7% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 8-15 | 53.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 6-13 | 46.2% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-23 | 30.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawhi Leonard | 27 | 4 | 2-6 | −8 |
| Marcus Morris Sr. | 21 | 7 | 3-6 | −2 |
| Paul George | 13 | 8 | 4-6 | +2 |
| Reggie Jackson | 7 | 11 | 4-4 | +8 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 21 | 9-14 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 51 points on 90 possessions. He usually scores about 39 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul George | 19 | 3 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Landry Shamet | 18 | 8 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Reggie Jackson | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Lou Williams | 11 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 9 | 4-7 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Jackson | 15 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Landry Shamet | 14 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Paul George | 13 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 9 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 12 | 5-11 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAC
50/50
DAL
Highest Leverage Moments
Doncic 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (43 PTS)
OT 0:00
96.3%
2→99
Morris Sr. 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Leonard 4 AST)
OT 0:10
63.0%
85→22
Doncic 3' Driving Layup (40 PTS)
OT 0:19
35.7%
49→85
Burke 24' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Finney-Smith 2 AST)
OT 3:02
35.1%
27→62
Doncic 7' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (38 PTS) (Kleber 2 AST)
OT 0:50
23.1%
29→52
