⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 8:59 · NO 74-67 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 3:31 · NO 92-75 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darrell Armstrong missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 8:22 · NO 36-30 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:00 · NO 61-61 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Devean George Technical Foul
Q2 8:22 · NO 36-30 LAL
- Technical
Karl Malone Technical Foul
Q2 1:00 · NO 58-50 LAL
- Flagrant
Shaquille O'Neal Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 3:02 · NO 108-92 LAL
📊The numbers
| NO | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
