⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
-2Q125-25
+1Q228-27
+5Q319-14
+12Q431-20
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 22- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21
Key battles
25Free throws made14
15Fast break points8
21Assists12
14Turnovers21
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brevin Knight misses technical free throw
Q2 7:24 · NO 35-35 CHA
📊The numbers
| NO | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 21 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
