NBA Playoffs: LA Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks: Game 2 Full Preview, Live Coverage, Prediction, When & Where to watch Live.Â
LA Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks: Game 2
NBA Playoffs: The Clippers hosted the Mavericks on Sunday at the staples center with a loss of 0-1 in the first round of playoffs season.
They are now up for game 2 on Wednesday. Dallas had an impressive win with 113-103. Luka Doncic was unstoppable at the night and registered averaging 31 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. Kawhi Leonard scored 26; Paul George scored 23 points while playing for 41 and 40 minutes respectively.
When and Where to watch Live LA Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks
Date: Wednesday, 26th May 2021
Time: 8:00 am (IST)
Venue:Â Â Staples Center, Los Angeles
Live Link: https://watch.nba.com/streaming-subscriptions?
Where to watch Live:Â
In India, the live broadcast of the NBA playoffs will be available on Star Sports Select and Star Sports 1.
The match can also be live-streamed with an NBA League Pass.
Clippers:
The LA Clippers concluded the regular season with the fourth-best offensive rating, but they could not lead the same with the mavericks in Game 1.
The clippers fans are absolutely experiencing Déjà vu. Knowing how they ended up playing Outside of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, no other Clippers player could manage to score more than 11 points. Marcus Morris scored just four points, missing all six of his three-point attempts.
Predicted lineup:
Patrick Beverley – Guard
Paul George – Guard
Kawhi Leonard – Forward
Marcus Morris- Forward
Ivica Zubac- Center
Mavericks:
For mavericks it was purely a Doncic show. He had an impressive triple-double in 41 minutes. On the other hand Dorian Finney-Smith and Tim Hardaway Jr. combined to shoot 9 of14 from 3-point range. While Kristaps Porzingis shooting just 4 of 13 from the field. The Mavericks are currently averaging 50 percent field goals.
Predicted lineup:
Tim Hardaway Jr.- Guard
Luka Doncic – Guard
Dorian Finney-Smith – Forward
Kristaps Porzingis – Forward
Maxi Kleber – Center
Game prediction
The head-to-head record between the two teams suggest, Dallas Mavericks having an advantage over the Clippers. Both the teams have played a total of 163 games in play-in season. Clippers have won on 67 occasions while Dallas Mavericks have won 96 games.
Mavericks surpassed and the Clippers in Game 1 however, The Clippers are famous for starting slow and finishing slow.
With 3-point shooting regressing and looking at the rivalry the clippers have a  77% chance whereas the Dallas Mavericks are behind with a mere 23% chance, according to FiveThirtyEight. (https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2021-nba-predictions/games/?ex_cid=rrpromo)
