⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made six threes to their no- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 25-13 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q4 6:43 · NO 91-70 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 10:56 · NO 52-49 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mark Jackson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 9:41 · NO 72-64 UTAH
📊The numbers
| NO | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 0 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
