⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
0Q118-18
+5Q222-20
-9Q319-28
-2Q429-29
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-8 off them
- They shot well above their usual, five of nine from three
Key battles
8Points off turnovers26
56%Three-point accuracy22%
6Fast break points14
2Blocks6
📊The numbers
| WSH | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 19 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
