⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 31- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 23-6 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 stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 2:25 · NO 32-20 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Mashburn missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 8:11 · NO 10-8 DEN
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:16 · NO 100-92 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
