⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Technical Foul
Q3 3:29 · LAL 57-56 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 4:47 · LAL 39-42 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
