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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 31 | 32 | 26 | 29 | 118 |
 Mavericks | 34 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 108 |
LACTeam statsDAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 44-7657.9% | 13-3141.9% | 17-1894.4% | 39 | 24 | 9 |
| DAL | 38-8644.2% | 20-3951.3% | 12-1866.7% | 33 | 17 | 8 |
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LA Clippers118| 42 | 36 | 13-17 | 3-5 | 7-7 | +6 | +13.6 | ||||||||
| 41 | 29 | 11-18 | 2-6 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +6.0 | ||||||
| 34 | 16 | 6-12 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.0 | |||||
| 34 | 15 | 6-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.7 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +0.7 | ||||
| 26 | 6 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +22 | −2.6 | ||||||
| 19 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +18 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 118 | 44-7657.9% | 13-3141.9% | 39 | 24 | 9 | 21 | 17-1894.4% | 7 | 4 | 4 | |||
Bench 20 points on 7 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Patrick Patterson, Daniel Oturu, Luke Kennard and DeMarcus Cousins (coach’s decision).
Dallas Mavericks108| 40 | 12 | 4-14 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −7.2 | ||||
| 39 | 44 | 15-28 | 7-13 | 7-13 | 0 | +3 | +12.3 | |||||||
| 38 | 6 | 3-10 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −6.2 | |||||
| 35 | 14 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.1 | ||||||
| 34 | 9 | 3-10 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | −9 | −4.0 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 14 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | +3.3 | ||||
| 16 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −3.1 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | −1 | +2.3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.7 | |
| Team | 108 | 38-8644.2% | 20-3951.3% | 33 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 12-1866.7% | 13 | 4 | 2 | |||
Bench 23 points on 8 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Trey Burke, Josh Green, Nate Hinton, Boban Marjanovic, Nicolo Melli and Tyler Bey (coach’s decision).
Clippers118Mavericks108ClickTap 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.
Kawhi Leonard scored 36 points (7 during a 14-0 run in the first quarter), and the LA Clippers rallied from 19 points down in the first quarter to beat the Dallas Mavericks 118-108 in Game 3 of the first-round series, cutting the deficit to 2-1.
The Clippers trailed 30-11 with 4:38 left in the first quarter. They outscored the Mavericks 107-78 the rest of the way.
Paul George scored 29 points (13 in the second quarter) on 11 for 18 shooting.
For the Mavericks, Luka Dončić had 44 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.
The Clippers shot 57.9% from the field to the Mavericks’ 44.2% and outscored them 46-24 in the paint. The Mavericks made 20 3-pointers, 7 of them by Dončić and 4 by Maxi Kleber. The Mavericks were outscored 12-2 in 3 minutes with Hardaway, Porziņģis, Richardson, Kleber and Brunson on the floor together. Marcus Morris Sr. fouled out.
LA ClippersDallas MavericksPS, 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 Clippers’ chance bottomed out at 5.3% (1st quarter, 4:38 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
101 points from the field on 76 shots: 19.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-20 | 85.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 6-13 | 46.2% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 8-12 | 66.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-9 | 55.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-22 | 36.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxi Kleber | 44 | 19 | 7-10 | +3 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 16 | 7 | 3-3 | +1 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Luka Dončić | 5 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 11 | 4-5 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 44 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 34 | 13 | 5-6 | +1 |
| Josh Richardson | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Luka Dončić | 7 | 5 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 15 | 7-9 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 37 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 31 | 3 | 1-4 | −4 |
| Luka Dončić | 12 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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
Leonard 1' Driving Reverse Layup (4 PTS)
Q1 3:54
17.3%
95→77
Finney-Smith Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
Q1 5:06
12.9%
82→95
Morris Sr. 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Jackson 3 AST)
Q4 7:01
12.5%
34→21
Jackson 1' Running Reverse Layup (2 PTS)
Q1 8:31
10.5%
73→62
Porzingis 4' Jump Bank Shot (2 PTS) (Doncic 2 AST)
Q1 8:24
10.5%
62→73
