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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mavericks | 35 | 36 | 30 | 26 | 127 |
 Clippers | 33 | 40 | 19 | 29 | 121 |
DALTeam statsLAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 48-8258.5% | 18-3452.9% | 13-2454.2% | 34 | 25 | 11 |
| LAC | 45-8453.6% | 13-3339.4% | 18-2090.0% | 39 | 23 | 13 |
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 Mavericks127| 38 | 28 | 9-14 | 6-8 | 4-8 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +7.3 | ||||||
| 38 | 39 | 16-29 | 5-13 | 2-7 | 0 | +3 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 37 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +17 | −5.7 | ||||||
| 34 | 13 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +2.1 | |||||
| 32 | 20 | 8-12 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +10 | +6.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +1.4 | ||||||
| 17 | 9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +0.4 | |||||
| 15 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.9 | ||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.4 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.5 | ||||
| Team | 127 | 48-8258.5% | 18-3452.9% | 34 | 25 | 11 | 19 | 13-2454.2% | 4 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 24 points on 9 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Josh Green, Boban Marjanovic, Tyler Bey, Trey Burke and Nate Hinton (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers121| 41 | 41 | 14-21 | 4-7 | 9-10 | 0 | −7 | +15.7 | |||||||
| 40 | 28 | 12-22 | 1-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −18 | +4.2 | ||||||
| 25 | 9 | 3-9 | 2-5 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −7.6 | |||||
| 23 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | −2.9 | |||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −16 | −3.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 15 | 5-12 | 3-8 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −0.2 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +0.2 | |||||
| 19 | 9 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +2.5 | |||||
| 15 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +1.0 | |||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.5 | |||
| Team | 121 | 45-8453.6% | 13-3339.4% | 39 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 18-2090.0% | 9 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 38 points on 14 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Amir Coffey, DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Yogi Ferrell and Luke Kennard (coach’s decision).
Mavericks127Clippers121ClickTap 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.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 28 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the Dallas Mavericks went on a 21-8 run in the third quarter to beat the LA Clippers 127-121 for a 2-0 lead in the first-round series.
The Clippers led 78-77 when Hardaway’s pull-up 3-pointer put the Mavericks ahead for good with 8:27 left in the third quarter. He and Luka Dončić scored 9 points each as they pulled away to a 98-86 lead with 1:55 left in the quarter.
During clutch time, the Mavericks outscored the Clippers 8-0.
Dončić had 39 points and 7 assists, and Kristaps Porziņģis added 20 points (10 in the paint) and 3 steals on 8 for 12 shooting. The Mavericks had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Clippers, Kawhi Leonard scored 41 points on 14 for 21 shooting. Paul George had 28 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists but went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Mavericks shot 58.5% from the field and 52.9% from 3 to the Clippers’ 53.6% and 39.4%. The Clippers’ starters were outscored 34-18 in 12 minutes together. Marcus Morris Sr. fouled out.
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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
114 points from the field on 81 shots: 27.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-23 | 73.9% | 64% |
| In the paint | 7-13 | 53.8% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 6-12 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-2 | 100.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 16-32 | 50.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul George | 19 | 7 | 3-6 | −1 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 15 | 8 | 3-8 | +2 |
| Patrick Beverley | 10 | 7 | 3-5 | +3 |
| Marcus Morris Sr. | 8 | 9 | 3-5 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 26 | 16 | 7-10 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 47 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 32 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Beverley | 29 | 10 | 3-5 | +1 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 13 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Paul George | 10 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Reggie Jackson | 9 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 11 | 4-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawhi Leonard | 25 | 0 | 0-1 | −8 |
| Ivica Zubac | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Marcus Morris Sr. | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Paul George | 7 | 10 | 4-4 | +8 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 7 | 3-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 21 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.
LAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DAL
50/50
LAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Morris Sr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Leonard 3 AST)
Q4 4:49
13.2%
11→24
Hardaway Jr. 27' 3PT Jump Shot (28 PTS) (Finney-Smith 3 AST)
Q4 1:03
11.4%
14→2
Jackson 27' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS)
Q2 11:10
11.1%
47→58
Doncic 28' 3PT Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q3 6:53
11.1%
43→32
Hardaway Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Doncic 4 AST)
Q3 11:29
11.0%
60→49
