Clippers vs Celtics need OT to get to 211. Boston is 21st in pace and 4th in defense.
Clippers vs Thunder went to 178. Thunder is 18th in pace and 12th in defense.
The games that were high scoring were against Pelicans, Rockets and the Hawks who are all top 10 in pace and the Hawks and Pelicans being bottom 5 in defense and Rockets are 18th in defense.
Since the Mavericks loss to the Knicks, they have improved their defense to 9th over the that span and come in at 20th in pace.
Mavericks games where they scored 143 and 142 were against the worst defense in the league of the Warriors and 23rd defense in Cleveland and scored 137 against Houston similar to the Clippers high scoring affair.
I think their past scores are by products of the teams they have played having high pace and poor defense and I think we see this game go under the total.
Clippers vs Celtics need OT to get to 211. Boston is 21st in pace and 4th in defense.
Clippers vs Thunder went to 178. Thunder is 18th in pace and 12th in defense.
The games that were high scoring were against Pelicans, Rockets and the Hawks who are all top 10 in pace and the Hawks and Pelicans being bottom 5 in defense and Rockets are 18th in defense.
Since the Mavericks loss to the Knicks, they have improved their defense to 9th over the that span and come in at 20th in pace.
Mavericks games where they scored 143 and 142 were against the worst defense in the league of the Warriors and 23rd defense in Cleveland and scored 137 against Houston similar to the Clippers high scoring affair.
I think their past scores are by products of the teams they have played having high pace and poor defense and I think we see this game go under the total.
Stats for both are last 5 games (which are the ones after the Knicks loss) except pace for Mavericks which is 11th over the past 5, but only .24 higher than their season average.
Clippers have the second best defense in their past 5 games while pace is 12th the season, but 8th in the past 5, although it has actually slowed down minimally by .6.
Dallas is also 6th in turnovers per possession at home on the year while Clippers are 18th on the road. This could factor into the number of possessions leading to a lower score as well.
Clippers vs Rockets game high total was also helped by a combined 62 free throws.
Dallas comes in at 7th in fouls per possession at home while Clippers are 27th on the road. Clippers fouling at a high rate could help get the total higher although I think that is mitigated with Dallas not fouling much.
Stats for pace and defense are NBA.com advanced stats and turnovers per possession and fouls per possession are from teamrankings.com
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smacksmiter my apologies I miscalculated the total my bad 
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