⏱️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, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 3:05 · NO 23-19 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 2:31 · NO 90-86 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
