LA built a large lead and held on in Game 1. But the Clippers know they can be even better in a few areas.
center made 7 of 10 field goals in a road win over the in late March. All of his buckets came in the second and third quarters, a strong performance but one that could have been even better. “Every time I touch it, I score,” Zubac told The Athletic after that 14-point performance in which he didn’t attempt a field goal in the fourth quarter. The confidence isn’t surprising.
That field goal percentage nearly mirrored that of the Mavericks’ star duo of Irving and , who combined to score only 17 points on 5-of-19 shooting in the first half. Positive regression to the mean was expected in the second half, not only from the Mavericks’ stars, but from the Clippers’ perimeter players, led by George. The Mavericks got it from Dončić and Irving, as they combined for 47 points on 16-of-25 shooting after halftime.
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