⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ IND 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 Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight
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 took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 4:35 · NO 17-15 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 4:56 · NO 42-30 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 5:39 · NO 64-49 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Mashburn missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 11:18 · NO 48-34 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jonathan Bender Technical Foul
Q3 11:18 · NO 48-34 IND
📊The numbers
| NO | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
