⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of 21 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 11:07 · NO 63-77 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 10:52 · NO 26-36 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
