LA Clippers @ Dallas Mavericks
Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM ET
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX | Game ID: 22400368
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
DAL 30 19 28 18 95LAC 24 26 39 29 118
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Clippers beat Dallas 118-95 as Mavericks' star guards Doncic and Irving sit due to injury
DALLAS -- — Norman Powell scored 29 points, James Harden added 24 and Ivica Zubac had 21 points and 15 rebounds as the Los Angeles Clippers beat Dallas 118-95 on Thursday night in the Mavericks’ first game this season playing without star guards Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving .
Doncic sat out with a left heel contusion, Irving with right shoulder soreness, in the first of a two-game series against Los Angeles that will conclude Saturday night.
First-year Maverick Klay Thompson scored 22 points, his first game leading the team in scoring. Spencer Didwiddie added 19 making his first start of the season.
The Clippers took a 50-49 lead into the second half and outscored the Mavericks 39-28 in the third period, hitting 69.6% (16 for 23) of their field-goal attempts while Dallas shot 40% (8 of 20) in the quarter.
Clippers guard Kris Dunn was ejected for committing a flagrant 2 foul against Jazian Gortman late in the third period.
Takeaways Clippers: Los Angeles led in bench scoring 33-16. Harden was 10 for 10 from the line. Powell played the entire second period, scoring 10 of his team-best 12 first-half points. Zubac didn’t have a rebound during the game’s first 15 minutes.
Mavericks: Dallas shot 7 for 30 on 3-pointers for season lows in makes and percentage (23.3%). They’re 5-2 without Doncic, 1-2 without Irving.
Key moment After P.J. Washington’s runner pulled Dallas within 73-68 with five minutes left in the third quarter, Zubac’s stuff began a 12-1 run, during which the Mavericks missed all four field-goal attempts.
Key stat The Mavericks, missing a combined 52.8 points from Doncic and Irving, scored a season low and suffered their most lopsided loss of the season.
Up next The teams meet again Saturday. The teams’ other two meetings will be a back-to-back at Los Angeles on April 4-5.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LACAC A. Coffey
DJ D. Jones Jr.
IZ I. Zubac
JH J. Harden
JM J. Miller
KD K. Dunn
KJ K. Jones
KP K. Porter Jr.
MB M. Bamba
NB N. Batum
NP N. Powell
DALDG D. Gafford
DL D. Lively II
JG J. Gortman
KE K. Edwards
KT K. Thompson
MK M. Kleber
NM N. Marshall
OP O. Prosper
PW P. Washington
QG Q. Grimes
SD S. Dinwiddie
LAC/DAL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur