GAME PREVIEW: 5 Things You Should Know About Clippers vs. Mavs Game 5
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LA Clippers (2-2) vs. Mavericks – Game 5
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
- Last Matchup: 04/28/2024 | LAC 116 – DAL 111 | Harden/George: 33 PTS – Irving: 40 PTS
- The team who wins Game 5 in a best-of-seven series tied at two games apiece advances 81.7% of the time (188-42). The Clippers have won each of their last three playoff series when in this situation, two of which came against the Mavericks (2020, 2021).
- In Game 4, the Clippers became the first team since the 2009 Magic (at Boston) to shoot over 50.0% from the field and over 60.0% from three-point range in a road playoff game.
- During the regular season, the Clippers were +8.4 with Kawhi Leonard on the court compared to -2.5 when he was not (points per 100 possessions). During this series, the team is -10.4 with him on the court compared to +4.2 without him.
- James Harden’s 33-point performance in Game 4 made him the first player in NBA history to record a 30-point playoff game with five different teams. Harden is averaging 9.4 more points (26.0) than he did in the regular season (16.6), the second-largest increase in the NBA (Khris Middleton, +11.7).
STATS:
2023-24 OPPONENT COMPARISON
| PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | |
| LAC | 102.0 | .454 | .435 | .779 | 40.5 | 20.0 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 13.8 |
| GAVE | 101.3 | .440 | .331 | .740 | 42.3 | 18.5 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 12.3 |
