⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 31
- Made two threes to their nine
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 28-15 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 11:30 · NO 44-46 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q4 7:09 · NO 76-75 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stacey Augmon Traveling
Q4 4:35 · NO 76-77 LAC
- Turnover
Jamal Mashburn Lost Ball. Stolen by Elton Brand.
Q4 2:05 · NO 79-83 LAC
- Turnover
Baron Davis Bad Pass. Stolen by Marko Jaric.
Q4 1:46 · NO 79-85 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andre Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by P.J. Brown.
Q4 2:24 · NO 79-83 LAC
- Missed FT
Marko Jaric missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:36 · NO 81-86 LAC
- Missed FT
Marko Jaric missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:36 · NO 81-86 LAC
📊The numbers
| NO | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
