Despite the Clippers’ 12-point win in Game 1, they are still home underdogs against Dallas in Game 2 of their Western Conference playoff series. L.A. didn’t just come out on top of the opener, they were dominant in taking a 56-30 lead into halftime fueled by a 22-8 advantage in the second quarter. Does anybody have faith in the Mavericks evening things up on the road? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were a number of impressive things about the Clippers’ win on Sunday, the first being that Dallas was playing well, going 16-4 over their final 20 games – with two of those coming when they rested starters the last two games of the regular season. Los Angeles was also without Kawhi Leonard<\/strong> who continues to be out with knee inflammation<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n L.A. showed a lot of depth in the series opener, getting a 28-point outing from James Harden<\/strong> and a big 20 point, 15 rebound performance from Ivica Zubac<\/strong>. Paul George<\/strong> had an efficient 22 points as well and the Clippers also got nice performances from Terance Mann<\/strong> and Russell Westbrook<\/strong> who had 13 points apiece. How does Dallas make adjustments against a team with so many options? <\/p>\n\n\n\n