⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
+2Q125-22
-8Q222-28
-14Q316-28
+3Q418-16
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of eighteen from three
Key battles
11%Three-point accuracy33%
6Blocks0
5Fast break points1
2Threes made6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Shareef Abdur-Rahim Technical Foul
Q2 6:33 · POR 39-30 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
David West Technical Foul
Q2 7:07 · POR 37-30 NO
📊The numbers
| POR | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
