⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their eleven- Won the glass, 65 rebounds to 40
- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q3 5:07 · LAL 72-54 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:41 · LAL 88-82 NO
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:41 · LAL 88-82 NO
- Technical
Chris Mihm Technical Foul. Mihm's 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 3:47 · LAL 91-82 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 11:26 · LAL 30-29 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q3 1:06 · LAL 74-67 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
David Wesley missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 3:47 · LAL 91-82 NO
- Technical
Dan Dickau Technical Foul. Dickau's 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 3:27 · LAL 93-82 NO
📊The numbers
| LAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 73 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 13 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
