GAME 4 Playoffs 2024: Los Angeles Clippers (1-2) vs Dallas Mavericks (2-1)

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The Mavs are younger and more athletic than the Clippers. They SHOULD be running them off the floor and wearing them down the longer this series goes. Instead, they are being forced to play too much of a slow, half court game and that's what the Clippers want to do.

When the Mavs play fast, all of their role players are better (see game 3 where the Mavs had 22 fast break points). Between both teams' rotations, there are 5 players age 25 and younger and they all are on the Mavs. You have to use that youth to your advantage because the Clippers will have the advantage in a half court game, especially with Luka playing poorly. Exum is great at pushing the pace but since this series has been a half court game, he's been taken out of it. Green would also be more effective and you also have PJ, Lively, and DJJ who can all run too.

Even when the Clippers make shots, you still have to push the ball up the floor and attack them before allowing their defense to get set. That doesn't mean shooting with 18 seconds on the shot clock. Push the ball, get into the paint to force a mismatch and then run the offense out of that.