Schedule and 2023-24 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles Clippers 51-31, Dallas 50-32
Game 1 on Sunday, 21 April: Dallas loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 109-pts-97
Game 2 on Tuesday, 23 April: Dallas wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 96-pts-93
Game 3 on Friday, 26 April: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Dallas, 101-pts-90
Game 4 on Sunday, 28 April: Los Angeles Clippers win at Dallas, 116-pts-111
Game 5 on Wednesday, 01 May: Dallas wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 123-pts-93
Game 6 on Friday, 03 May: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Dallas, 114-pts-101

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Dallas Mavericks hosted and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 114-pts-101 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1573 victory. With the series 1573 win, the Dallas Mavericks improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 15-20 overall and 7-10 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1573 loss, the Los Angeles Clippers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 7-12 overall and 6-6 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Dallas Mavericks in series 1573 was LWWLWW: Series 1573 thus becomes the seventh NBA Preliminary-round series, the 16th NBA series (all rounds), and the 41st MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 5: The Dallas Mavericks visited and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 123-pts-93 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1573 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 9-1 and a Game 6 record of 4-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 2-7 and a Game 6 record of 2-4. The sole Dallas Mavericks best-of-7 NBA playoff series loss in the wake of a 3-games-2 lead occurred in series 1474, to the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2021 NBA Preliminary round.

After Game 4: The Los Angeles Clippers visited and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 116-pts-111 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1573 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 5-5 and a Game 5 record of 3-7, while the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 8-7 and a Game 5 record of 8-7. Twice before have the Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks been knotted 2-games-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series (in series 1439, in the 2020 NBA Preliminary round; in series 1474, in the 2021 NBA Preliminary round); in each case, the Clippers emerged with a series victory.

After Game 3: The Dallas Mavericks visited and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 101-pts-90 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1573 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 7-3 and a Game 4 record of 3-7. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-5 and a Game 4 record of 5-3.

After Game 2: The Dallas Mavericks visited and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 96-pts-93 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1573 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 4-7 and a Game 3 record of 6-5, while the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 8-8 and a Game 3 record of 7-9.

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 109-pts-97 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1573 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 4-6 and a Game 2 record of 3-7. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 8-16 and a Game 2 record of 12-12. Leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil (as they now do in series 1566), the Boston Celtics have seen their Game 2 outcome presage their series outcome in their last seven such series (five wins, two losses).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2023-24 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Clippers finished one games ahead of the Dallas Mavericks. From 1947 through the 2023 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by one regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 22-25 (.468) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1573 is the 19th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Los Angeles Clippers, and the 35th for the Dallas Mavericks. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers have an all-rounds series record of 7-11, a Preliminary-round series record of 6-5, and a Game 1 record of 10-8, while the Dallas Mavericks have an all-rounds series record of 14-20, a Preliminary-round series record of 6-10, and a Game 1 record of 10-24. Series 1573 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks. In their previous two best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Dallas Mavericks (in both the 2020 and 2021 NBA Preliminary rounds).