⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 31
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike James Bad Pass. Stolen by P.J. Brown.
Q4 0:38 · BOS 71-79 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 4:52 · BOS 65-69 NO
- Missed FT
Baron Davis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:31 · BOS 69-74 NO
- Missed FT
Baron Davis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:31 · BOS 69-74 NO
📊The numbers
| BOS | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 24 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
